As the school bell rang, and my children trooped into their respective classrooms on their first day back last month I took a deep breath and….whooped for joy!
Apologies if I startled the other mums - some of whom were weeping with sadness at being parted from their little treasures - but I simply couldn’t contain my joy a moment longer.
I love my children, Ruadhan, seven and Donnacha, five, beyond words. I would die for them. But do I want to spend weeks and weeks (and then add a few more weeks) 24/7 with them every summer?
No, I do not. And I feel no shame in admitting that.The truth is that for lots of parents, including me, the school summer holidays are, for the most part, a hellish combination of stress, expense and monotony.
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