8 Ways to Survive School Vacation When You are a Working Mom
It's that time of year again and the children are screaming with delight that they have a whole week off of school. And then they hear the word they dread more than shots at the doctor: CAMP. That is right, they believe they are the only children on earth who are forced to endure camp during school vacation week. For five very long years I have had to hear: "we are the only kids in the whole school who don't go on vacation or who don't get to just hang out at home." "it's so unfair that you work. why do you have to be a working mommy?" "this camp is awful; we hate it;" "why? why mommy why? why can't you take the week off? In case the endless whines and pleas weren't bad enough, I also have a hard time finding actual camps and when I do it has hours that are less than accommodating for a full-time, 40+ hours a week working mom. So what's a parent to do? Here are some survival tips that help me get by. Researc...