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MOST parents across the UK are only in week two of the six week school summer holidays, but many Facebook mums have united to vent how it’s six weeks of hell, and are lamenting the days gone by where kids were simply left to be bored.
One mum’s dread of facing having her kids at home recently sparked a fierce debate on the family Facebook group called Family Lowdown Tips & Tricks.
The mum shared she was ‘dreading’ the six weeks holiday with her boys[/caption]
Other mums assured her she wasn’t alone and said they felt the same[/caption]
“I can’t be the only parent that is dreading the next 6 weeks?” she began.
“I have been getting myself so worked up all day… My boys do nothing but fight.”
She said she worried about what to do with her children every day and called her sons “ungrateful.”
“I can’t do something with them every day. Even when I do take them out.
“They fight and are so ungrateful. I can’t be the only one?!”
But while some parents might have been quick to judge others leapt to her defence sympathising with her and said they had similar issues with their children.
One person penned: “I’ve got 6 boys I feel your pain but I’m not putting any pressure on myself.
“I’m just going with each day [and making] no plans at all. If they wanna sit in their pants all day playing Xbox they can.”
And the troubled mum hailed her ‘a hero’ for being so honest.
“No, you’re not the only one. Nothing makes me realise how much more teachers deserve to be paid than having my kids at home for an extended period,” a second commented.
“Mine hate being out of routine. It’s a nightmare, especially the first 2 weeks,” someone else said.
“We have days out and so lots of activities, but 6 weeks, actually 6 and a half weeks, is a loooong time!” a fourth wrote.
“Nothing stops them, I sometimes dread taking them out, you’re not alone, think all boy mums feel your pain!” another sympathised.
Amongst the support some also took it as an opportunity to be smug:
“I can’t wait we had one child and she behaves as she should in public love spending time with her when she has holidays.”
While other mums left some advice saying: “Are there any holiday clubs they can go to? Football, tennis etc?
Mine hate being out of routine. It’s a nightmare, especially the first 2 weeks
“I’m not sure where you are but the councils here usually run free sessions in schools etc where you can drop off and just collect [them] at [the] end of the day.”
She is not the only one having issues this summer as another mum shared her frustrations over having teenagers off school.
She said in a lengthy social media post that her 14-year-old daughter had screamed at her because her phone wasn’t charging as soon as she got through the door.
“My two teenagers have skulked in through the door, traipsing muddy footprints through the freshly mopped hallway (they cannot be arsed to remove their shoes despite my pleading for them to do this every day for the last 10 years).
“Apparently it’s MY fault because apparently I washed her power pack (she cannot be bothered to empty out her blazer pockets before it goes through the wash despite me asking her ten times to bring down her laundry),” she wrote.
Her 15-year-old son also had a problem with the dinner and vegetables she had chosen, storming off to his room to order pizza.
She added they got an allowance every two weeks but were constantly asking for money.
“They are spoilt brats that I never spoilt growing up.
“Both just expect me to clean it all and when I pull them up on it they just throw tantrums,” she said.
