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?

You don't have my kids.

And my kids do care if playgrounds are overcrowded. DS1 struggles with having to interact with anyone, never mind crowds of kids who are more streetwise than he is at half his age.

Because they squabble like ferrets in a bag.

Actually they are all nicely making pancakes & joking together about Cats Being reclassified as Liquids, what's funny in the Beano. That was after I threatened to ban them from ever visiting the house as adults. I don't trust good will to last. Schizophrenic blighters.

in all fairness mine (not that I see them. SOB ) are 2 and 5

they are very easily entertained, if somewhat messy

playground, TV, we even go for a walk "around the block" round the local council estate if we get desperate !!! love urban life

'But I find school holidays slightly hard work because I am not free to do what I want for 5 days in a row' FlouncingMintyy are you for real?

This did give me laugh though - I can certainly see where other poster are coming from in that they do seem to have difficult circumstances - but your 'hardship' well excuse me if I don't feel sorry for you.

Yes, what Maryz said.

The OP has admitted that the word 'survive' was ill chosen, that she hadn't considered SN, etc etc etc.

And you all still harp on her.

I'm the one with disabilities and I struggle to be with my son all day. Doesn't meant I don't love him. It means my health has gotten worse since he was born.

But I also don't feel I just 'survive' the school holidays. We just do them our own way and don't sweat what the rest of you, apparent, super moms are doing.

We've always done the walks round the block when we've had nothing else on. They don't work so well, anymore, because DS2 refuses to go in certain directions and there's not that much of the village to walk around. If DS2 loses it, DS1 then loses it and I end up wishing we'd just stayed at home!

We had half term last week, and it was the first time ever the days flew by and we actually had fun. Normally I just about survive holidays because I never plan anything in advance. This time I organised play dates for dd and a day out and loads of home activities. It pays to be organised.

We are very lucky to be able to afford a holiday abroad during Easter holidays, so those will go by nicely too.
I don't want to "survive" the summer holidays so will be enrolling dd into summer activities to keep her occupied and me sane.

If other people's children are anything like my dd, then I think they DO need to be occupied 24 hours a day. Dd is asking me to role play with her the whole time she's at home. Her brother is too young to play with her. When I have chores and errands to catch up with and looking after a
1 year old, it does get very tiresome, especially during long holidays.

At one point I had 4,6,8,9, and 12. One had SEN. I learned to shout louder than them!

mrs DV

sometimes I think "ooh that lady is cross" then you write a post that like that and it made a lump in my throat

I guess people dont know what others are going through, cant even imagine

This half term I have nothing planned and I am working every day.

My youngest dc are being looked after by their older sister for a few days and by my Mum for the rest of the week.
So far I am quite enjoying it!!!

i agree maryz!!!

too right

Countrykitten, You didn't say that you were referring to a particular post.

It read as though you were saying that having a child with sn was an exceptional circumstance, and there seems to be this idea sometimes on MN, that mentioning that your child has sn, is unfair, as if you are somehow pulling out a trump card. I was just pointing out that families with children with sn aren't some sort of exceptional beast that should only roam the sn boards.

Oh and ironically, i am offended by your comment, 'take offence at anything SN feathers'!

Yes, I am "for real" countrykitten. I don't want you to feel sorry for me btw. Is there anything particularly outrageous about what I said?

Let kids just chill. They have to recharge their batteries. I think this topic shows just how some parents view schools not just as educational establishments but as a glorified babysitting service that should be open from 7.50am to 6pm 52 weeks of the year!

I agree with that as well, Maryz and often want to ask the people who come on MN to start a thread about how their children can't play alone 'well, do they ever have to?'

Until recently, my son didn't want anyone to play with him. Now he'll ask me to play with him but understands perfectly well if I can't.

In the olden days you'd heave them out the door at 8am with a bag of sandwhiches and not see them till tea-time
I am now wondering what my mum did in that time?

Someone on my FB has posted something similair but far more smug than this.

I have just read the whole thread and put her straight...

Some people can cope with it, others can't.