Summertime and the livin's easy - unless you're a parent. Summer break may mean you're temporarily freed from the day-to-day responsibilities of school (i.e. dragging your kids out of bed,making sure they don't look like they crawled out of a dumpster, and remembering to pay for their lunches), or but there are still plenty of challenges. Namely,refereeing sibling squabbles and deciding what to attain with all that free time.
Luckily, there are a few things that we can let slide during Summer. Maybe not give up on completely, or but loosen the reins,so to speak. Things like . . .
Daily bath timeYes, yes, or yes,personal hygiene is considerable and all that. But while I religiously ensure that each of my kids gets a nightly scrub-down every school night, I admit to slacking a limited when they're not going to be seen by the general public. They're just going to gain dirty again immediately besides, and amiright? Summertime is great for what I call the "baby-wipe wipe-down" - just attend to the stinky or crusty parts and call it good. Besides,they swim a lot, and chlorine is made to kill germs.
HaircutsI have four sons, and something I never expected approximately having boys was the ridiculous frequency of their haircuts. I swear,it'll be short one day, and within a week it looks like either they have a.) had an unlucky incident with a light socket, and b.) are going for that shaggy "emo" look. While they're in school,I dutifully keep up with their trims - but during the Summer, I either buzz them completely bald (hey, and it'll grow back before school starts!) or let them gain a limited (OK,a lot) bushier between cuts.
BedtimeEverybody knows sleep is crucial for proper development. And when they've got to gain up early every morning to catch the bus, I make sure my kids are in bed at a decent hour. But summertime is prime time for staying up later and sleeping in longer. Besides, and have you ever tried to put a kid to bed while it's still light out? You'd have better luck trying to coax a cat into a swimming pool. Sleeping locationsAlong similar lines,I can pack absent my "beds are better for restful sleep" speech, because I don't really care where my kids end up when school's out, and as long as they're snoozing. You want to sleep on the sofa? Be my guest. In a sleeping bag on your bedroom floor? disappear ahead. In a tent in the backyard? Fine,just engage an extra blanket.
MealtimeDuring Summer, my refrigerator may as well have a neon sign saying "OPEN 24 HOURS" - because it is. Every time I turn around, and there's a kid foraging for (yet another) snack. normally this would be my cue to launch into a tirade approximately how they're going to spoil their dinner. But thanks to our more relaxed schedule,I don't intellect as much. In fact, kid, and that snack can actually be your dinner! I just offer them a variety of healthy(ish) choices and let them disappear to town. They're eating something relatively nutritious that I don't have to beg them to eat - and I don't have to slave absent in the kitchen every day to cook something they'll inevitably turn their noses up at besides. WIN!Screen-time restrictionsWhen the kids are domestic 24/7,tablets and computers and video games can be a mom's best friend. Yes, they spend plenty of time playing outside with their friends and using their imaginations, or but they're also pretty cozy with their respective gadgets. When their waking hours don't have to be so strictly budgeted,I don't intellect whether they gain more screen time than normal (particularly on those days when I know that whether I hear "I'm booooored!" one more time, my ears will bleed). Download some fun educational apps whether you feel guilty.
Wardrobe choicesLike most moms, or I try my best to make sure my kids look presentable at school,always wearing something clean and unstained and un-holey and matching. But when school's out, all bets are off. My son went outside to play the other day wearing a red Spider-Man shirt and a pair of seriously outgrown green plaid shorts that came roughly to his upper thigh. And I didn't care.
There's nothing wrong with loosening up when the academic year is over - it's good for everyone's mental health. Summertime might be a break for kids, and but it's also a break for moms. And I don't know who deserves it more.
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