https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 01:50:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2599223 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:24:17 +0000 snowjewelz 2599223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would like it to be more spread out too... Now that I have children and both DH and I work, and without a lot of extra money, I can see it being hard to get the kids to camp or whatever for such a long period of time. </p> <p>But maybe I will think differently when my kids are actually in school... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2599214 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:17:53 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2599214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: i totally agree about the meals. I've volunteered in past with programs that feed lower income kids but sometimes getting the meals to them is half the battle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2599176 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 07:49:47 +0000 yin 2599176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Summer break was glorious as a kid, but now that I'm a parent, I wish it were shorter or spread out throughout the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2599157 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 07:17:13 +0000 lamariniere 2599157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: that's kind of what we are about to get into. Summer break is 8-9 weeks. Then they have breaks every 6-8 weeks during the year for anywhere between 1-2 weeks at a time. I'm not sure how I feel about it all yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2599140 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:13:59 +0000 looch 2599140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: @PinkElephant: this is kind of how schools are in my husband's home country. The summer vacation is 6 weeks long and there are other longer vacations during the school year.</p> <p>As for care during those times, what the schools do is to arrange for "camps." The kids go on a 2 week long ski school, swim school, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598974 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:44:28 +0000 PinkElephant 2598974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I thought this too at first, but actually, it's not any worse than standard summer, because all the local kids' activity places/aftercare programs run "track out camps". It's the entire school district operating this way, so the local businesses all cater to it! :) my nieces had grandma care, but other kids do a week of gymnastics, a week of drama camp, a week if d hence camp....it sounds really fun! Nannies aren't popular in the area, but in theory the same nanny could work for several families whose kids were on different teams/tracks and be constantly employed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598941 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:05:34 +0000 mrbee 2598941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: Sounds awesome!! Except for the part where you have to arrange childcare so many different times... wish that schools had subsidized childcare when they were out of session! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598934 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:58:52 +0000 PinkElephant 2598934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: my sisters' kids attended a year-round school where they "tracked out" for three weeks at a time, three times per year. Everyone also had a week off at Christmas, and a spring break.</p> <p>This system seems fantastic for so many reasons - more kids can be educated in less space without crowding, less "summer slide", and the opportunity to take vacations at non-peak times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598861 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:21:01 +0000 mrbee 2598861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it should be much shorter, and the break should be spread out between the other quarters/semesters of the school year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598858 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:19:04 +0000 looch 2598858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's too long. I know we're looking at it on a year by year basis, but if you add up all the time off over a 13 year school career, it's extra instruction that other kids around the world are getting and ours are not.</p> <p>I think it's especially important for low income kids where school is their main source of meals during the school year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598834 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:42:09 +0000 mrsmacSLP 2598834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in a district and it's never long enough 😜, ask me again when I have a child in school I might feel ready to go back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2598741 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:11:24 +0000 Andrea 2598741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The kids have 11 weeks off. I think it's a good amount. The downside is that I don't have any help during the week so the girls don't have enough time apart from each other. DD1 is 6 so she can do much more than her 3.5 year old sister so she's been getting frustrated at some of our activities. Overall, the summer is flying by and it's super nice to do just whatever we want though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-summer-break-is-long-enough#post-2597864 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:00:00 +0000 Bao 2597864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too long? Just right? </p> <p>Summer break here is 12 weeks long, it has been since I was in school as a kid. I think it's a nice break for kids, and I always enjoyed having a summer break. On the flip side, I am so ready to get LO back into a routine, she really needs that structure of school. And so do I! I have a few friends whose LO's started school this week, which I think is crazy early! My LO starts September 13th, which is actually a week later than the district we live in, although she will be at the districts elementary, her preschool is through a county program. </p>