The words most parents dread……

Well there is no avoiding it now, the 3 words many of us parents dread are almost here…….school summer holidays!

We have to now juggle work , childcare , activities, queue 3 times longer than normal for any day out, put up with the unpredictable weather and boredom!  A great many parents find the long holiday difficult, expensive and the source of huge stress. We like nothing better than spending time at play with our kids. In fact, we’d love to do that but our bosses and bank balances won’t let us. It’s just not possible.

Instead we cobble together child care, pay for expensive summer schools or, if we can, take the bank-breaking decision to stop working for the period. Granparents are bullied into babysitting while work-at-homers battle on in the face of bored and fed-up offspring.

So the notion of getting away and going on holiday is usually a lovely one, I’m not so sure I want to spend my holidays with everyone else’s children. I love my family holidays, but what about all the other families holidaying with mine. I don’t want 500 people around the pool or in the restaurants. I don’t want to queue all day for one ride in a theme park I’ve paid a fortune to get into, but I am a dad and I want to make my kids happy. Am I alone in thinking this? How do you all feel about holidaying during the summer holidays? Are you a couple that avoid family ships , a family that would rather wait until term time, or do you embrace the family ships, the kids clubs, the waterslides and your children having the time of their lives. Anyway, they are just around the corner and I hope you all have a great summer holiday whatever you decide to do!

If you’ve still not got anything booked, i’ll do my best to find you something in the holidays but be prepared a high budget may be necessary!!!!  Sorry!

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