Good job gcj, I like what you did with your children by taking away privileges and making them act like they were sick if they were claiming to be sick. That's what I would have done too. It must be more fun to be at school than in their beds all day. But what a stressor for you! My kids confessed after they were in their 20's of sooooo many things they used to do to me that I never wanted to know about, haha. But I wasn't an angel when I was a kid either, teehee!