PARENTS everywhere are beginning the six-week summer holidays at a rate of effort, fun and treats that will swiftly prove unsustainable.
Children are being taken on days out, given ice-creams and indulged with creative play by parents who seemingly have no idea how quickly their reserves of cash and energy will be exhausted.
Mother-of-two Emma Bradford said: “We’ve finally got time together as a family, so let’s pack every day with togetherness. We’ll never get a second chance at summer 2023.
“I’m sure I won’t be flagging after a fun swim, clay session and board game in the first day. And the forest trail, pizza party and movie night tomorrow. And then there’s the whole week, and another weekend, then five more weeks and weekends.
“But it’s not going to end up like last year, with me lying on the sofa ordering them back on the Xbox if they dare take a break from Minecraft when I’m endlessly scrolling my phone. This year will be different.”
Nine-year-old Grace Bradford said: “I’m as stuffed with sweets as a piñata and wildly overstimulated. I’ve done weeks of school discos and summer fairs and residential trips and now I come home to this shit?
“If I can maintain a constant level of sullen ingratitude this should all be over by Tuesday. It’s for her own good.”
