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Pre-Holiday survival guide for parents

Writer's picture: Lara MarekLara Marek

Updated: Oct 10, 2023



As you might know, Switzerland is heading into school year end.

Which means, that most kids will have a summer break of at least 5 weeks. i.e. 5 weeks without school or childcare and most of their friends spending their days away from home.


Because of that, each year every teacher is pulling for special pre-holiday activities such as full day trips at fancy locations, sports games, concerts, cooking together, pyjama party at school, going to the forest for the day, ... a lot of fun stuff for the kids and a ton of extra stretching for working parents.


Don't get me wrong; I really appreciate the teachers deidcation; it's for sure a ton of extra work for them as well; which is really appreciated!


Yet, what those events all have in common: they need a family's flexibility. More often than not, the invites for those things come on short notice, need extra preparation and re-organisation of the day.


This can be really challenging, especially for moms with a career resp. career moms.


Therefore I've pulled together a 6-Step pre-holiday survival guide:


* take a deep breath

(fact: it's science proofed that this does calm down your stress response immediately)

* can you say no? If so: say no! If not: keep breathing

* is it worth to waste your energy on monaing about the situation

(Hint: it is NEVER worth to waist your time & energy on a self-pitty-party!)

* ask for support; activate your network.

Maybe there are other parents in your childs class you could ask to share child care support or pick-ups? Imagine how happy they are about extra support on this too

* see the positive

(lets face it: very likely this will be an amazing experience for your kiddo!)

* keep going, keep breathing, keep away from pitty-party, keep your energy for where it's worth spending!


What are your survival strategies for dealing with unexpected changes of plans? Let me know in the comments!


 

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