Can't I stay home?

My son says to me..."Why do I have to be running a fever to stay home?" I say "Because I say so."

This is not a happy conversation.

I know he has allerges and probably he doesn't feel spiffy. I also know that he has no business staying home from school...and usually by noon he is miraculously healed and hoping for me to take him to the movies or something.

So I said it. I said. "YOU ARE GOING! And that is final." I sound just like my mother. Not sure how I feel about that.