AIBU?
To take the children camping this weekend?
Neverendingsummer · 16/09/2015 16:34
DH away and would not camp in Sept anyway. He feels DD (10, yr 6) should be focusing on homework during term time and we should never go away apart from school holidays. We will be back mid afternoon Sunday so I figure plenty of time for homework.
multivac · 16/09/2015 16:49
YABVU. For goodness' sake, your daughter has her SATs this academic year! Every spare second of her life should be spent working towards these crucial tests - there will be plenty of time for "camping" and such nonsense once she's passed her GCSEs; but if you take her on trips away for no reason now, she will definitely fail them all.
ErrolTheDragon · 16/09/2015 17:00
Primary school kids shouldn't be getting so much homework that they can't do 'real stuff' at the weekends. All work and no play, you know...
My DD is just starting yr 12 - so homework is at another level entirely - but the school actively encourages them to go off on DofE expeditions (she did her silver this w/e and monday).
Hope you have a great time! 
FrozenAteMyDaughter · 16/09/2015 18:04
I am an avid camper and spent most of this summer under canvas. As such, I think YADNBU for thinking about it in the abstract and certainly homework should not mean children are tied to their desks for the entire school year - like you say, do it before you go or when you get back.
However, unless the weather is a lot better where you are I think YABVVU for considering it this weekend!
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