To ask if you take your children out alone

[ijustdontcareifhedid]

I don’t mean to the park or soft play, more big days out.

YABU yes

YANBU no

Single parents exist, so yes, I assume many do.

Why wouldn’t I?

Errr yes!

Of course I do! I've done a hotel stay and theme park alone with my son. Me and his Dad are together now and have another baby but i wouldn't hesitate to take my 2 away by myself if I ever needed to

Big days out would tend to be things we do as a family at a weekend so I suppose on that basis I would say no. But if husband wasn't available or didn't want to come then yes I would.
Why is this a question?

Yep - single parent here, so I take my kids everywhere on my own! Camping trips, Disneyland Paris, all over the UK.

Yes if I needed too and that was the only option. We usually go out on big days as a family though, like nights away and holidays etc... wouldn't hesitate to take them to the zoo or equal during the week on my own though

Depends on age of the children. I wouldn't do a theme park without a second adult as my youngest isn't tall enough and my eldest wouldn't always want to ride alone, but I would take my mum if my partner wasn't available.

I also didn't do cinema trips alone when mine were little in case one needed the toilet and we would all have had to leave.

Loads

I do and DH does, often we split half term weeks so we aren’t burning through holiday allowance so do at least one solo trip each then (plus places like Alton Towers/Drayton Manor are a waste of money for me as I hate rollercoasters so DH and DC go without me 🤣)

What a weird question.

Not just my dc but my grandchildren too

Yes quite often, but we only have 1 child so far. And hes only 20 months and no bother. But I think it's more fun meeting up with friends and toddler group mums too.

Yes, I am on maternity leave at the moment and my DH works long hours so I do trips during the week with my toddler (day trips & did a couple of overnight trips on our own).

Of course I do 😂 I have 3 kids, and a husband who works...

As do I. He also takes the kids out for days out when I'm busy.

My kids and I did loads of outings, trips away with our youth group etc.

My husband used to work weekends and had less annual leave than I did so the kids and I had lots of fun without him.

Yes not sure why I wouldn’t, unless this is a drip feed where u have 6 kids and 2 have SEN

Yes I did and still do.

I also take her on holiday just the 2 of us & have since she was 3. I get more AL than DH so makes sense that me and DD do some stuff together and we enjoy it. Until I wrecked my knee I took her skiing each year from being 3 - just the 2 of us. I loved it.

Interesting to read the responses as I assumed @ijustdontcareifhedid meant "just 1 child if you have more than one.."

However for me it was a yes to both (mine are adults now) I took them out with just me and I took them out 1 on 1 (as did dh)

I am meeting dd1 on the 19th for a "just us" lunch she is almost 27.

Yes of course, especially when they were little during school holidays. My now teenagers and I love city breaks and my dh hates them, so dc and I will go to say London for a weekend and leave dh to talk to his cows. I know lots of couples who seem to think that they have to do everything as a family together or not at all, which is really unhealthy and limiting.

Yes. DH and I had no childcare so would often split school holidays between us. Whoever was not working still took DS for days out, including theme parks. It's cheaper if you're only paying for two! 😁

I don't when it's both of them as DS3 is mental and can't be trusted and DS6 has ASN and other disabilities so can't talk, has no danger awareness and prone to meltdowns. If we go out it is as a family.

Yes, not a single parent but from when they were babies we've done weekends away and when they were primary age went abroad.
Sometimes DH would join us later, sometimes it was just me and the kids or me or with my friends/ their kids.

I don't drive but I'd just load up the buggy and bus to the station. When they're little it's such a great time to be able to explore together. Things tend to be quieter / cheaper too so it's good to make the most of it.

I have always done a lot of zoo, theatre, museum trips solo. I've made the career sacrifice to be around so I've more time + although I love these things it's mainly for the kids so cheaper if we're only paying for 1 adult.

Yes, I only have one DD though and school holidays would be very dull if I needed DH to go and do any big days out.