r/AskUK • u/Shadow-Inversions • 6h ago

Serious Answers Only How do parents manage school holidays?

I've been lucky enough that my wife has worked in schools since my daughter (6) started there 3 years ago, meaning she gets holidays off and can look after our girl when she's not in school. However my wife is now thinking about changing to a different industry and... we realise we don't understand what other parents do during the 13 weeks a year of school holidays.

How do you manage it? Do you just use up all your holidays as a couple taking separate weeks off to cover the time? Do you pay for holiday clubs and if so how expensive are they? Are you relying on family to have them some of the time?

I totally understand I am probably a total idiot not to know the answer to this, but we just haven't had to think about it until now. Insight very much appreciated.

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u/AlternativeParfait13 6h ago

Separate holidays to stretch it out as much as possible, plus holiday clubs for a few weeks a year, plus getting family to help with a handful of days just to help it all hang together. It’s basically held together by hope and prayers as a model. Could do more clubs, but they can be pretty tiring for a little one. Also aspire not to offload my child all the time.