To find school holidays such a slog especially when the last half term at school was only 5 weeks long!?

[Elfie23]

I do tend to struggle with half terms now DD is at secondary school and doesn’t attend the kids clubs any more (I always take a few days off too). I’ve taken a couple of days off this time to try and break it up a bit. She’s 11 and not yet great at organising stuff with friends even though I’ve really encouraged and reminded her leading up to the holidays.
So I find myself with a full time job trying to also organise for her so she’s not bored out her mind or getting FOMO about what others are doing.
Urgh, does it get any easier at any point!

At 11 i’d encourage her to be sorting out her own thing, especially as there’s 4 bank holidays where presume you’re off. I always had a day or so off per week, but then they entertained themselves. Let her have FOMO, then she might organise something with friends. Mine were happy to be at home generally, still are.