7 things parents won’t miss about the school run when the summer holiday finally begins

If you’re a parent of school age children then your kids probably already have or very soon will have finished school for the summer.

Whilst some parents might already be posting on social media about how hashtag blessed they are to be spending the summer making memories with their precious offspring, chances are more parents are currently calculating how much gin they’re going to need to get through the holiday and googling if excessive TV watching can actually cause permanent damage to their child’s eyes.

Instead of dwelling on how you’re going to amuse the kids for the duration of the school holiday (or how much it’s going to cost you), just think of all the things you WON’T have to do for the next six weeks!

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Spending 15 minutes each morning repeatedly telling your child to put on the damn shoes once they’ve finally been located.

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Packing the same box of raisins for packed lunch that have now been to school and back approximately 473 times, in the hope that one day they might just get eaten.

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Making a toga out of one of your best bed sheets and your favourite belt with 8 minutes notice because your kid forgot to give you the letter about Roman Day.

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Hiding from that one mum who is always trying to get you to invite her semi feral child round after school for a play date.

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And do tell us all the other things you’re not going to miss (for six weeks only). Just try not to think too much about September.