The Post All Mothers Need (Especially During the School Holidays)

With all the pressure to be a perfect parent, it’s so tempting to kick and back and be lazy once in a while. So why don’t you do just that? Here’s an idler’s guide to blissful, stress-free days… By Fiona Gibson

Lazy days give you a chance to catch your breath and kids love being left to make their own fun at home sometimes.

Get your kids friends together on neutral territory, like the park. That way, there's no mass catering, and no mammoth clear-up operation either.

What's on the menu?What are we thinking, offering an extensive menu of options for picky eaters?

If your child wants to get creative in the kitchen, you can always offer unadorned supermarket cakes and let them loose with the icing; that's the fun part, after all.

Do you want to play football, Mummy?

‘Do you want to play football, Mummy?’

Er, no you don’t actually.

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Lazy games rule

Some parents equate ‘good parenting’ with charging around with the children all day.

While hard-line parents might limit TV to half an hour per leap year, the general opinion is that an hour or two per day is fine (as long it's broken up with other activities).

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Sweet dreams

Oh, the guilt when you allow your child a cookie or lollies before dinner.

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Practice makes perfect (but you don’t have to listen…)

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Who cares if your child is a little grubby around the edges? Let them enjoy being in the outdoors.

If you childs bored, then suggest something they can do, but keep it simple. Try painting or playing in the garden.

Modern life can be so hectic that having a lazy pyjama day during the school holidays should be mandatory.

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‘Do you want to play football, Mummy?’

Lazy games rule

Sweet dreams

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