Should school holidays be shorter?
WOMAN'S OWN|July 10, 2023
As parents all around the country gear up for having the kids at home for six weeks, we ask...
TRACIE COUPER
Should school holidays be shorter?

YES

Every year I dread it!

Lucy Baker, 47, lives in Woodhall Spa with her husband, Dan, 39, and three kids, aged 13, 10 and four.

I've tried everything to be a super summer holidays mum.

I've even drawn up a plan on a sheet of A3 paper and made spreadsheets. Nothing works and every year I dread it.

I'm self-employed as confidence coach and a potentially lose thousands of pounds worth of work from clients over the holidays.

It's hard to give your time and attention to a client when the kids are beating each other up in the background! So, I lose out financially and, at the same time, there's more to pay out for.

We live half an hour from the beach, which means a cheap day out is heading there with packed lunches, but you can't do that every day.

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