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?

FlouncingMintyy there are people on here talking about real hardship and how they struggle in the school holidays and your gripe is that you can't do what you want for 5 days....[confised]

or even

Question :in response to those who said 'if you don't like spending time with your kids why did you have them'. How were you to know before having kids if you would be an Earth Mother or not and then once having had kids and discovered.you are.not what is one to do??

Maybe spend a lot of time feeling guilty and maybe seek support on forums like MN??

I am too busy making microwave mash to bother with my kids during the holidays - I let them run riot round the estate while I shop online for things made in factories

honestly - some bits are stressful ( one with behaviour issues, one half deaf and one 4 and bolshy) and other bit are wonderful

I couldn;t give a nuns fart if other people find it delightful 24/7 or need to survive it - none of my beeswax and not my place to judge

But WHY is that confusing to you? Are you not quite all there?

I didn't even say anything about hardship! I just said why I don't find the school holidays as endlessly fun and tra la la as the op!

that sounds like a fine idea maryz. Probably cos there was only 3 TV channels! And no computers

So what do you mean when you say "take offence at anything" SN feathers countrykitten? Just to clarify.

I love the holidays and being with my kids but it doesn't mean they don't send me round the twist. Someone suggested mini beast hunts and experimenting with water, well that's great if your kids are between about 2 and 6 but I suspect if I gave my nine year old a bowl of water to play with he may just have something to say about that.

Someone started a thread about it (the attitude to which I referred) the other day, countrykitten, it was pulled.

Phew, thanks for letting me be offended, maybe I will fulfil my lifelong ambition of being a Professionally Offended person, one day!

akaemmafrost, don't you know that if you take offence at anything wrt sn, you are a 'Professionally Offended Person'?

Ooh professionally offended too countrykitten. Bingo!

I'm another mother of a SN child who is highly offended by your posts countrykitten.

How dare you use the term 'professionally offended' when you have upset people who really, really don't need more shit. IME only the bigoted and ignorant EVER use that phrase

I find the term 'breeder' which you used earlier countrykitten to be offensive as well. Does that mean I'm PO or can I only be PO if I take offence to your tone about SN?

And as for 'SN tailfeathers'. Try replacing the 'SN' with 'black' or 'gay' and see how it sounds

Just fucking shameful

countrykitten I think being attacked is quite common actually. It certainly is in my circle of friends. Which is why we dread the school holidays.

HTH.

Oooh a local beach. I sometimes fantasise about global warming getting a move on so we can have a local beach. That would be great.

Oh incidentally I am rarely attacked during school terms, because there's structure and routine and everything happens when it should and so anxieties don't go soaring through the roof.

Unfortunately school holidays are not quite so easy for ds1 to cope with.

Hyperbole?

Countrykitten do you teach in an integrated school? I rather hope not.

You seem to lack a certain ... something

I'm not feeling the love ladies

countrykitten, do you have children at home?

I think happyjusttobe just nailed it. Thread over.