To wonder why people need to "Survive" school holidays?

[SaggyOldClothCatpuss]

There are always threads about this. I've been there, done the small child phase. It's hardly life shattering! We have a garden, a playground nearby and a local beach, tv and nearby friends.
I love spending time with my Dcs, but don't feel the need to occupy them for 24 hours a day! Why would you need to survive your own kids?

Ooh, please...

Well if you will be a helicopter parent...

ODFONTAD

"Going on a mini beast hunt- even snails exist in cities
Bake some cheap flapjack together
Collect leave/ random 'treasure', go home and make a collage- that's half a day and only costs a bit of glue
Build a den
Film afternoon (popcorn/ duvets out)
Painting/ drawing/ play dough
Fill sink with water and let them experiment
Friends over or visit them"

oh yippee-dee-doo-dah.
Aren't you a fabarooney yummy mummy.

Oblomov that sounds like a perfect day! Makes me wish I was little again!

"Maybe you should all have your children adopted. Then you can spend the whole holidays eating malteasers, and not need to survive at all! "

Oh gawd, I read that, was and had to scroll up frantically to catch up

What I would give to spend a whole holiday in bed with malteasers

Oblomov, that isn't fabaroony yummy mummying, that is school holiday survival parenting

My two fight constantly - hence school holidays are a battleground and I am the beleaguered peace keeping force...so yes, I feel that they are something to be survived and got through

If you don't feel exactly the same way as I do about everything, why did you even bother having children??

first time here naomikisted ?

necro thread AND a media(ish?) request?

What's a necro thread?

Zombie thread.

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S-P-A-M

Thanks-I have never heard that expression before.

I feel like I have to survive the school holidays.
I have 2 dd, one of which is disabled and its such hard work. Along with helping look after my severely disabled db so my dm can work. We do go out nearly every day but its just so much hard work and is completely relentless. I am at uni term time and find although its more tiring in some ways. I'm not as drained as looking after the kids all day -and night- with no help or break at all. My dh works 6 days a week 12 hour days and is exhausted himself when he comes home. We don't have a garden, the beach is to packed for my daughters who both require a 1:1 so a lot of the time its so so hard to just get out the door unless they are both strapped into a buggy. its such hard work sometimes :(