SOCRATES: Then consider the matter in this way:--Imagine that I am about to
play truant (you may call the proceeding by any name which you like), and the laws and the government come and interrogate me: 'Tell us, Socrates,' they say; 'what are you about?
SOCRATES: Because they require to be fastened in order to keep them, and if they are not fastened they will
play truant and run away.
In nearby Lancashire, youngsters looked after by Manchester, Stockport and Rochdale councils are all more likely to
play truant than all schoolchildren in those boroughs.
Magistrates have the power to give prison sentences to parents who let their children
play truant. But none of the 10 parents in court were sent to prison.
Parents can be hit with fixed penalty notices and fines if their children
play truant.
They will also face tougher penalties if their children regularly
play truant, the Sunday Mirror can reveal.
I AM most interested to see the Prime Minister intends to cut the benefits of parents of children who regularly
play truant. What might he be doing to punish the parents of the truants who aren't on benefits or must we assume it's just the children of the poor who skip school?
PARENTS have been caught allowing their children to
play truant from school as a "treat for Christmas".
FALKIRK Council need to think about the kids who behave in school, instead of paying the wasters who
play truant to come in.
WHEN Midland mum-of-three Tanya Brookes was jailed for allowing her son to
play truant, the authorities thought it would teach her a lesson.
I CAN'T believe the story about kids who
play truant being allowed to have a two-hour horse riding lesson at Barn-ston Riding Centre, costing pounds 25 each (ECHO, April 2).
A mother who admitted letting her children
play truant more than 300 times in six months was spared jail yesterday.