"fucking school holidays !"

[mrsfuzzy]

have just heard the gentle tones of my neighbour with her two young dcs, they broke up yesterday ! how does anyone manage nowadays ? are more dcsgaming/indoors or do people actually take dcs out ? years have gone by since i did this stuff and i'm out of touch

I love them, lazy days and no tired children from school. Even if it rains, there's still plenty to do. They are young for such a small amount of time that every holiday should be enjoyed to the full.

I love the school holidays - whether we go out or chill at home. Bliss. Dread school & routine starting back. Of course it's easier if the weather is fine, but I'd love it even if it wasn't. It goes far too fast!

I do feel for parents who both work & have to organise childcare & still get everyone out the door in the mornings etc, whilst also trying to make it fun for their kids. I imagine SAHP envy really ranks up over the holidays 🙁 But I'm equally sure there are plenty of SAHP who would like to swap screaming kids for a quiet office. Life's a bit crap for most everyone sometimes.

Mine took about 5 days of vegging out (with the heat, it was all anyone wanted to do anyway, and dd was a bit poorly), too much telly etc, before I made clear what the holiday rules were - mainly have to have breakfast and get dressed and turn the TV off by 10am, we have to leave the house at least once a day, and remember getting to play on the computer eg Minecraft and watch more TV are both priveledges that whinging children don't get.

My kids are lovely and well-behaved the minute you get them them over the threshold. Getting them there can be very tricky! Ds is 7 and has just got into reading chapter-type books, so I forsee lots of library trips. Dd4 is annoyed she can't read (mainly because she can't find what she wants on TV) but into craft and stuff, so she's happy with paper and scissors and glue for a good hour.

It's certainly much easier than when they were younger, but have had a few shouty moments already...

We love them, we work Ft and have our own business but we still love then bring on holiday.

We broke up on Wednesday, and so far we have been to Scotland (my home) and the weather was fantastic, we have been for Lunch with family and they got to play with their cousins.

We are now heading back home and are going to the Sunderland air show, we have family holidays booked, and lots of family activities and restaurants to visit with family and friends. You make the most out of the time you get, as they are only little once.

Tonight we are baking cakes and also watching a family movie in the projector.

Christ on a bike can there be just one thread where those enjoying the holidays and having their kids at home are not having their bubbles burst by those who have to go to work? It's literally every single thread, like we are supposed to feel guilty because we have different circumstances.

I love the school holidays, love them. No I don't work but I am lone parent to two children with autism and cannot work because of this. There's a lot of benefits that come from working, i know this because its rammed down my throat constantly both on here and in RL. You have to find childcare during the holidays though? I can never find childcare at all, ever. Rough with the smooth.

I found the holidays hard work - and I was a SAHM - much preferred the 'routine' of school days and as my DS is an only child he really enjoyed school & being with his friends. I used to make the most of holiday clubs etc - and yes, I know I was lucky to be able to afford them.

Now DS is a teenager and the idea of being 'seen' in public with his parents is mortifying so he does his own thing all summer .

Nicki I'm sorry that you can't work. But really, a thread titled "fucking school hols" was never the best candidate for all sweetness and light, let's just embrace the positive etc, was it?

DD did GCSEs this year, so finished in June. Unfortunately the weather was awful and she spent most of the time lazing at home. She went to a few parties and prom and stayed in bed until lunchtime on most days.

We are on holidaying and knowingly luck the nice weather at home will break when we get back. We will do a few thingslikegotoYork for the day, visit a wildlife park Tec. DD is old enough to arrange her own social life though.

I'm trying to plotter and many others were too if you read the other posts. Lots of posts about how much they love holidays and what they get up to. Then the misery plopping of those who work arrive without fail. It's the same on every thread about the holidays. I challenge you to find one where someone doesn't come on and moan about having to work and how tough it is to find childcare.

I work full time, however that's what my annual leave is for, me and dh take 10 days off together and him and me a week separately, then MIL for the rest, we also take the odd day off here and there,

we don't work weekends in the holidays.

Make the most of the holidays.

We're in the acclimatising stage, so the DC are squabbling and being generally obnoxious because they've forgotten how to be bored and have unstructured time. Although they are now giving a recorder concert to the toddler next door.

I am gritting my teeth through this stage and remembering that it WILL get better and that by the end of next week we'll be having fun again.

I love the school holidays, dd only finished school yesterday so it feels like we've got a good long stretch ahead of us today. We're going away for a couple of weeks and then the rest of the time is usually split between days at home and days out.
Dd needs the first weekend at home though so she can relax into holiday mode so have no plans for the weekend. Both dd and I will have a long face come September.

Awful lot of posters on here don't go out to work and have ready income-not quite so blissful if you are at work and struggling to pay for childcare. Hopefully there's a time/money for a family holiday in there.

Thanks Nicki but I have read the thread. I thought this one was bumbling along quite nicely actually, until your christ on a bike comment.

Really "misery plopping" to say "yeah it's nice to have days at home, wish we could have more of them"? Are SAHPs also banned from making negative comments about the hols, or just WOHPs?

My child has not even broken up yet! They don't finish until next week!

However, I love the summer holidays. All that freedom and being off the daily treadmill is liberating.

I work from home (out of necessity due to chronic illness) so I can choose my hours. I usually do my work after tea as I'm a bit of a night owl.

We love staying up late, getting up late, lounging around in PJs, going out with the grandparents, crafting, reading, gaming, TV, playing out....whatever we want.

We have a ten day holiday booked so that does break up the long weeks. Plus both children have their birthdays in the summer hols, so that involves a few meals out and a trip somewhere with a couple of friends. Nothing extravagant as we can't afford it and I begrudge paying ridiculous amounts for kids' birthdays like some parents do.

We just like the lack of routine and the freedom to spend the day however we choose. Any days out will be free things like the library, parks, museum etc. Although, most days, the kids are happy to stay home and do their own thing.

Oh bore off. It's too hot to argue. Go and have a look at any thread about school holidays and you'll see what I mean. Or not, I don't care really. I just wish people could be allowed to get the joy out of something without all the yes "misery plopping".

I really want to work only term time, have this dream that when DCs are bigger (not all in school yet) we could have lots of money and go travel the world for 6 weeks every year!

But back to reality I LOVE the holidays, granted they only broke up yesterday and I currently have tonsillitis and feel like hell so they are busy killing each other unchecked but when I feel better on the days I do get off there is no rushing to school, days out where you can run your own schedule.

They have coloured their entire bodies in with tattoo pens, have multicoloured badly applied nail varnish everywhere and didn't go to bed until 10. No stressing about school hurray!

DC1 thrives on routine and hates any type of change, summer holidays are the worst because obviously all normal routine is gone, she is changing class and will be having a new teacher in September. I have already been physical and verbally attacked and they have only been off for 1 day...six weeks to go. Yay.

I do think they are bliss for lots of people though.

Jealous. I'm an LSA at my dc's school and we STILL haven't broken up! Can't wait to have days out, laze around, catch up on a bit of housework, friends and not have a mad rush all week. 2 school days to go!

I am self employed, I still get quite a lot of work done. I love not having to do the "where is my school jumper, do you have your trainers, is it piano today" madness in the morning. But even when I worked I liked the more relaxed mornings and homework-free nights.

This is my first summer holidays off. Usually I am working and tearing my hair out about how I was going to get childcare (we have no support and DH never has time).
I am now unemployed and I think it's making me more relaxed. I have found every free/cheap activity I can and planned days around them - we've been out since 8:30 this morning so am not complaining about the screen time this afternoon

Also DD being a little bit older is helping, she's better company and less tired!

There's a whole summer ahead of us of parents who don't have to go to work, who have plenty of money for days out, complaining how hard it is having their own children at home.

"fucking school holidays"