6-Year-Old’s Plan to Skip School Backfires When Her ‘Chicken Pox’ Won’t Come Off

6-Year-Old’s Plan to Skip School Backfires When Her ‘Chicken Pox’ Won’t Come Off
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“Necessity is the mother of invention,” goes the old saying, and it’s certainly true for kids who want to get out of doing something they don’t like.

Many kids will go as far as staying under the covers for a long time to make themselves appear hot and sweaty to look feverish or even put the thermometer in hot water to make the temperature appear higher than it is.