A mum has sparked heated debate after questioning why some parents seem to dread spending the school holidays with their children.

Taking to an online parenting forum, the single mum shared her confusion over mums openly complaining about having their kids home for two weeks.

“A lot of my mum friends are constantly saying things like, ‘counting down the days till their back in school’, and before the holidays, ‘I’m dreading this two weeks’, ‘what am I going to do with them?!’, ‘why are the holidays so bloody long’ etc etc,” she wrote.

She explained that she does understand that working parents (including herself) have added pressure over the school holidays. But many of the comments she hears are coming from financially secure stay at home mums.

“Many of the parents I’ve heard saying this are SAHMs with plenty of money. Some of them have even said stuff in front of their kids or to them, like ‘god what am I gonna do with you for two weeks?’. I feel sorry for their kids, it’s like they don’t like spending time with them or even like them.

“Makes me think why’d you bother having kids if you don’t like spending time with them??

“School holidays are difficult for me cos I have to shuffle my working hours about and pay for a few holiday clubs, but I love spending time with them. I’m a single parent too and I don’t have a lot of money and yeah it’s a lot sometimes, but I love going on walks with them, taking them to the park or making something at home.”

She added that childhood passes so quickly, and parents should make the most of the precious few years they have with their little ones.

“I genuinely enjoy their company and realise these years while their young and actually enjoy spending time with me are going to be gone in a nano second and I’ll never get them back, so I make sure I appreciate these years and make the most of them. Am I being unreasonable to not understand the mindset of dreading having your kids at home for the holidays (barring financial or work reasons)?”

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