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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like the breaks, it helps my HS stay on top of their studies and be able to have enough down time. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

I think it’s fine for high school, but for working parents with younger kids the inconsistent schedule is really hard. [/quote]

It's not "inconsistent" if it's on a set schedule far in advance, which these days off are.

There is time to plan. I'm not saying it's easy or ideal, I get that it isn't. But calling it "inconsistent", as if schools just airily declare on a whim on Wednesday that the next Monday is a day off, whenever, is incorrect.[/quote]

It’s inconsistent for my kid because that day of sitting around (I work outside the home) gets him in a funk.  He would rather be in school.[/quote]

You could have easily given him things to work on (reading, extra homework prep, chores, raking leaves, volunteering in the neighbor hood, etc.) if he did nothing that I’d definitely on you.[/quote]

DP, but how old are your kids, where they can do these things independently and this parent can work without interruptions?   Good luck finding volunteer opportunities without a parent.  If anyone has a magic way to get kids to rake leaves for hours and actually do it, please let me know.  Money doesn’t work.  Any of these activities can occupy them for a little while but it’s constant start and stop all day for a parent trying to work.  [/quote]

No one said "rake leaves for hours," and you don't need "magic" to get your kids to do what you tell them to do. Have you tried -- oh, I don't know -- parenting?[/quote]

Just go away!!!!   These random days off are highly disruptive to even the best of kids.  It has nothing to do with parenting.  And if parents are at work, then it becomes harder to keep the kids engaged.  Moreover, your woke self completely glosses over the fact that some kids don’t have huge yards to rake. Or that these random days off are hard on kids in troubled homes.  And they certainly do no favors to the exact groupings of kids that you pretend to care for.  [/quote]

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