Easter holidays entertainment

[magickingdom82]

Is this weird/unfair on my child? My child and friends have played together all day, mostly inside but a bit outside with no screens or tv, just playing. I've laid on activities to entertain them which seems to have kept them happy and busy but is it weird I've not paid to take them out properly or even take them out and about for free activities outside the home?

No not werid at all. Imo you can't be out doing things everyday regardless if its free or not

Normal

YANBU if you’re happy and kids are happy it’s a win win - definitely not weird

Course it's not weird - why would it be? . i used to entertain my friends' children while she worked and often ran my own sort of 'day camps' for them all - great fun I was a Cub Leader for years, really cheap (and meant I could have a glass of wine!).

So much 'entertainment' these days seems to be about spending as much money as possible.

Sorry I made today sound like a one off. I guess I mean is it weird if that's what we mostly ever do?
Obviously we go out/get out sometimes!
Just when I speak to other people they are always off out here there and everywhere and I just don't have the energy or get up and go for it. We make use of our home and garden the most though.

Don't you get cabin fever? It drives me potty being stuck at home. I have to get out everyday even if it's just for a walk.

Doing activities at home is great though and not weird at all.

It sounds normal, not weird.

I think it's fine. We usually do a mixture of both in the holidays tbh. I like to have a few days at home - it's my happy place!

If that suits you and your kids great. My 6 year old could probably manage half a day in the garden before having to be taken out to run around a bit more. A couple of hours only in the house. He’s been like that since a toddler. My younger child would be happily entertained all day every day at home.

My car is in the garage so we've been in today. I did feel guilty because the sun is shining though.

Not weird. I spend so much time at work, and kids at school that we love staying in. Only time it gets a bit trying is when it's raining for a few days on the trot. Then we usually go swimming etc...

No not at all

Sounds like heaven. You're very lucky having kids who don't need much entertaining! My school holidays were like that and I have many many fond memories of them. I'm a childminder now and some kids are happy to just potter about at home like that but others are bloody hard work if we're not out and about.

Sounds lovely. This would be weird in our house though, I can never think of activities to do with them and am irrationally scared of them making a mess, which they always do. They also fight in the house quite a lot.

However I take them out, virtually every day. We spent all afternoon in a local park today.

Like a PP said I also get cabin fever. I struggle to stay in the house all day- on the rainiest and grimmest of days I'll usually do a Sainsbury's trip (and visit to the cafe) just to get us out. In all honesty I think the kids would prefer to stay put but I don't!

We've stayed in the house/garden for the easter holidays as I'm trying to potty train my youngest 2 DC.