We ask Londoners if parents should be charged for taking their kids out of school during term time, for holidays.
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00:00So, do you think it's fair that parents are charged for taking their kids out of school for holidays?
00:06I guess it depends how long they do it for, like if they take a couple of days at the end of term
00:13when there's not much happening, I think that is a bit harsh.
00:16But if they take them out for maybe a week or so, then yeah, I don't think that's fair.
00:20It's not fair on the children. When they come back they're going to be behind
00:24and then they take attention from other children.
00:28So yeah, I think they have to do something about it, otherwise everybody would be doing it, right?
00:33Not necessarily charged, I don't think that's necessarily the best, even if I don't agree
00:38it's always the best thing to be doing, I don't know if that's the best way to punish people necessarily.
00:43So, no.
00:44Off the top of my head, I feel like it's a good idea to disincentivise, you know,
00:51truancy excessively, but I guess trying to, you know, give parents a little bit of leeway seems like a good idea.