Parents shouldn’t see school holidays as an endurance test

We feel the need to keep kids constantly entertained (Picture:Getty Images)

Scrolling Instagram recently, I saw a reel that caught my attention. 

‘How I’ll be surviving the next 6 weeks,’ read the caption, over a video of a garden table, kids’ football net in the background, before a Margarita cocktail slowly slid into frame.  

It is just one of the countless such videos that have started appearing on my social media feeds now that the school holidays have arrived. 

There are countless countdowns to September, jokes about finding the correct wine to pair with the hassle o...