REmember Summer holidays in your childhood – the seemingly endless, sunny day that many of us looked at? Those six “precious” weeks are very different if you are a parent. Feeding, Enjoy, Take care and fund your kids during expanded rest sometimes able to summer endless for all wrong reasons.
England’s parents where, like Scotland and Wales, school summer rest six weeks, complaining that it was too long, and backing a reduced to four weeks. Mainland European’s parents will be mobilized in Europe: French school holidays last for eight weeks. In some regions of Italy, summer is a Whopping 14-week long. Hanging and carried my five children in France, moving only England in April last year when my oldest 14 and my youngest nine, I experienced the former of the two sides of the channel. And no wonder I want six week version.
But not because of the reasons you can think of.
I’m lucky. I may have five children to entertain, but I work from home and have a husband retiring. I need to struggle the extra noise and destroy the odd skirmish, but at least I shouldn’t worry about child care in the summer months.
Then again, to TanyaNor is the majority of my friends. France is placed different for summer rest. For those who begin, there are inexpensive ways to play in most places. In my small town in the Limousin, children may have a day of fun, sport and handling from 7.30an to 6.30pm, in addition to a cooked meal, and about £ 7.80).
Instead of strange grips moment or week, many children benefit from healthy dose of family time in summer their parents are also on holiday. August is French sacrificed. There are so many businesses that close or down, and people often take a space – or even the moon – off. (Need a regular scan in August? Good luck: Even hospital services seem to be more than summer staff.)
And while it is customary to acquire the holidays during the uppermost, in France to help those in modest income. the Vaca voucher One way tried to try to have families can offset against a holiday in over 7,000 hotels or vacation parks, storage up to 70%.
The money couldn’t be more “back to school” shopping, again. France gives parents “Back to school“Pay the more than € 400 a child in August to cope with these costs. It is meant to be tested, but abundant, considering family income and size.
If additional childcare is required, help can be used from grandparents. Of course, many UK-based grandparents also help child care, but in France it seems to be expected. Children are sent to Mamie and Papy for two weeks at a time, parents leave free from enjoying sunlight.
Eight weeks two weeks, but in France they can be managed. Whether it’s whispered – fun. So why do I like six-week choice?
Well, first, better educated. “Summer Trypage” Summer “experience of children from six weeks of rest is well documented; Students are thought to lose Up to 40% of the profits they make in the school year at this time. Another two weeks to forget everything can be dangerous. And, however supported children supported, eight weeks a long time run away from structure and regular school. At the end of the children as feral, and it was used to climbing later they found it difficult to change at 6am start.
Despite the groaning that their French friends have been lighting, my children enjoy “more” two weeks at school. Lessons were injured and learned tied. Making school games, the awards are out, sports days (something they do not experience in France) is pleased. Classes meet their new teachers for September, and new schools are visited. There is a feeling of growing rest expectation in advance if teachers and students relax and (dare me say) enjoy each other. Really, in my experience, not a large amount of learning happened at this time. But that doesn’t mean nothing worth spending another week in class.
Some may argue that even six weeks long for a summer break. But in spite of the summer slippage, I will shiver to have holidays decreases. This six-week rest is childhood rite in childhood and I want to see the kids to lose it. .
Instead, imagine if the UK government takes a lesson from France and gives better, those who need to be careful in the schools or working in the school’s dedicated or working providers to ensure fair prices). Then, perhaps many parents will look forward to the summer.
