HeyJaredKirsty Ketley
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When did the first day of school become such a big deal? (opens the original)
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It’s the beginning of September and obligatory first day of school photos are starting to fill my social media feed. It’s the same every year – and has been pretty much since Facebook began back in the late 00s – a parent takes a photo of their kid standing outside of their front door, in their oversized uniform, their shiny new shoes, and a big toothy grin on their face. But now, it’s become so gauche that it’s almost enough to make me delete my socials for a week. There’s a new trend where the
Don't let your kids get in the way of a good holiday (opens the original)
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‘It won’t feel like a holiday’, a mum at the weekly toddler group we attended said this to me before my family vacation back in 2014. She hit a nerve – I was slightly apprehensive about taking a toddler on a 3-hour flight to a foreign country. I was getting ready to go to Skiathos, Greece with my husband, Stu and daughter, Ella, who at the time was 15 months, when she made that comment, and I admit, it made me nervous. Before long, I was worrying about how my toddler would sleep, what she would
Parents shouldn't see school holidays as an endurance test (opens the original)
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Scrolling Instagram recently, I saw a reel that caught my attention. ‘How I’ll be surviving the next 6 weeks,’ read the caption, over a video of a garden table, kids’ football net in the background, before a Margarita cocktail slowly slid into frame. It is just one of the countless such videos that have started appearing on my social media feeds now that the school holidays have arrived. There are countless countdowns to September, jokes about finding the correct wine to pair with the hassle of
Parents shouldn't see school holidays as an endurance test (opens the original)
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Scrolling Instagram recently, I saw a reel that caught my attention. ‘How I’ll be surviving the next 6 weeks,’ read the caption, over a video of a garden table, kids’ football net in the background, before a Margarita cocktail slowly slid into frame. It is just one of the countless such videos that have started appearing on my social media feeds now that the school holidays have arrived. There are countless countdowns to September, jokes about finding the correct wine to pair with the hassle of
Collections for teachers are topping £500 - it's gone too far (opens the original)
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As the school year rolls to an end, I always feel a bit stuck. Not because of the inevitable childcare headaches or wondering how to keep the kids entertained for weeks on end, but for something far more stressful. The now-ubiquitous collection among parents to buy an end-of-term gift for teachers. Of course all teachers deserve a thank you present from the class after all their hard work, but I’ve started to feel like we’ve gone too far. That feeling was vindicated by a report this week of one
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