im dealing with lazy parents right now. i honestly don't believe that a 6 or 7 yearold isn't coming to class just because they don't want to. they have been here for 2-3 months, they seem to enjoy every class, but their parents can't seem to get up in time or make it over here to drop them off. some of these kids are already paid for several weeks in advance! i keep getting calls from parents, oh we'll be there, i have been sick, or this or that, but we will be there this sat for sure. and then a no show. a kid can't just throw on their leos and tights, jump on a city bus and get down here themselves! and sure enough, i will see those kids somewhere else, in town and they will come up to me and say, i missed my class, my mom was "busy", but i want to still come.... hmmmm .... what to do.... i am a newby teacher and i have very low overhead, so i have been offering 1/2, gift certificates, etc., but it still is a " hit and miss " with some of these kids. now, the SO has asked me (on a short notice) to put together a small routine for the ballet class for the december recital. so i put together a small routine and printed out newsletters for those parents/kids who would show up this past weekend, making this dance routine, optional. but, heck, if they don't even show, then i guess no routine. but i just had a new student this past weekend and a few returning students, they should get to be in it, don't you think? at a loss for words.... well, my thoughts are this: you work hard and show up, and i mean even the little ones, (they can tell mom they don't want to dance anymore and that's fine), but i still see them around and they seem to want to be here. i have even had some of them, ask me to come get them before class. im talking 6 yearolds! what should i do? any suggestions on bringing them in and keeping them here, including working on the parents? sara