Some mornings Billy is ready to go to school and most mornings he wants to stay home.  Today was one of those mornings. He didn’t want to go to school because he didn’t like the kids in his class and he didn’t have fun.  Now I know this is not true. He talks about school and his friends all the time.  He told me I am having a bad day and I just can’t go to school.  I asked him if he was just going to drop out and he said yes. I don’t want to go to school ever again.  At first this comment made me a little sad because I have always loved school and I want Billy to enjoy school, too. Then I thought okay let’s run with this.  I asked Billy how are you going to get a job if you don’t go to school? You can barely write your name and you read a little bit, how are you going to support yourself because if you drop out then you have to get a job.  He looked at me and said I will just live with you. Good thinking.  Then he wanted to give me a hug so I said no, I quit giving and taking hugs. No hugs for me.  He looked at me with shock on his face and said alright I won’t drop out. I will go to school.  Why didn’t I think of this before we were really late for school? All it took was a ban on hugs.