Should parents be fined for taking term-time holidays?
We ask the people of Cardiff for their thoughts on parents being fined for taking their children out of school during term time.
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00:00I got a feeling my sister did it and it's very tight for me not being a parent I
00:05can't really see you know what I mean there's yes or no because I'm not I've
00:09never been in that situation and I'm sure there are reasons for him doing it
00:13and I could totally understand it because the fine is probably a lot less
00:16than what they would have to pay to go over the flights to wherever you know
00:21rather yes because if the fine is a lot cheaper than what they'd have to pay to
00:27go aboard or even in this country then yes I do however saying that as long as
00:31it's not in crucial times for exams yes mainly to me I think if you're in the
00:37high school I don't think it makes a lot of difference if you're in smaller
00:40school I'm sure nobody would have any problem with somebody occasionally going
00:47out for a week out of their term time but having said that once
00:51again children's children's education is important like you know I mean so yeah
00:56I'm going to sit on the fence where that one's concerned I'm afraid like in
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