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Hello zippy

I do not agree that if a parent has parental responsibility they can just pull a child out of school. Any missing school time has to be negotiated with the school, whatever the age of the child. It also makes sense that the parent with the majority day to day care of the child has to be amenable to the arrangement. If the amount/duration of parenting time that will be involved by the weekend away is substantially more than the present agreement then of course he needs to agree it before just taking action. if he is insisting on going ahead, you need to speak with the school.

Ex did pull them out of school one Friday - I think there were two in High School and two in primary at the time.  I didn't object, as he would have done it anyway.

Personally, I did pull them out of school for a a few days for a cheaper holiday when they were in primary school - I did discuss this with their teachers and the Head at the time though.

How would you feel if the school didn't object?  They may not as he is so young...

Hi zippy, does your ex have communication with your son's school? If so, I think it is for him to make any arrangements with them, not you.

It sounds as though you are not entirely against the idea, but you just don't like him missing school.

I have always felt like this too but considering that as he is still very young,  if he were to miss school it probably wouldn't have too big an impact on him. However, if your ex sees that you will allow it, do you think that he would want to do it on a regular basis.

Why don't you have a chat with his teacher and see what they say? Some schools have a no absence for holiday policy (but that might only be senior schools)