Jen Hogan: The break from routine is fabulous and the unpredictability is chaotic but school holidays can also be a time of stress when trying to be all things to all people
Sleep is for wimps, according to the great Del Boy. I’ve tried to live by this motto to justify my permanent state of exhaustion these past 22 years. But while I’m not advocating giving it up altogether, it is sometimes a movable feast. Working to the sound of mum, mum, mum, muuuuuum, tends not to be as productive as a few quieter hours before they wake up or after they’ve gone to bed.
You may wonder how they manage to function and focus in school without having eaten the lunch you lovingly prepared before discarding later that day in the brown bin. The answer is, summer reserves. Which means you’ll need about #372 snacks per child per day. Or #7,951 if you’ve teenage boys.3) Playdate wisely
Enter the playdate. Company and distraction for your kids and the hope of a return playdate. Yes, a return. Distraction is lovely, but nobody wants to be responsible for even more kids all of the time, particularly when they’re young, on a summer’s afternoon as they try to work. It’s not that it’s tit for tat, or has to be a dead even split. But return the favour at some stage.4) Screentime
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