You Don't Need to Go to Class!

This morning, my college daughter called (sounding miserable I might add) to say she was sick, had slept through her first class, was about to miss her second class, and so... Dad... what should she do? Hmmm. Parent... Friend... Parent... Friend... Parent... Friend: "Go back to bed, Elizabeth! You don't have to go to class!"

I wonder if this parent-as-a-friend stuff ever backfires.