Happy to see them go?
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (55016)
August 7, 2018 9:28am CST
Here in the Caribbean many schools will reopen for the Christmas term in early September. Which means that there is a month left for summer fun with the kids.
However some parents will be quite happy to see the end of the long summer holiday. A friend of mine who has four kids - two pre-teens and two teenagers, says that her grocery bill triples during the summer months. "They eat and drink all the time and I must feed their friends too", she laments.
Do you find that you spend more on food during the summer? and are you looking forward to your kids return to school? How did you spend your holidays when you were a pre-teen or teenager?
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30 responses
@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
7 Aug 18
My grandchildren will be going back to school the last week in August. I know this summer flew by and having the kids home is an added expense not only with food but activities to keep them busy.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Aug 18
I Home school as you know so it's the same amount always but I am never happy to see my children go anywhere unless it's enjoyable for them. And even then it's hard for me when my kids walk out the door. God help me when they leave the nest!! =(
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@allknowing (136444)
• India
8 Aug 18
I feel more hungry during winter. May be there is demand for fruit juices in summer and that I make myself.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Aug 18
I can't say my grocery bill was any higher than usual. Though, as they got older, the grocery bill got higher. My summer vacation as a kid was more work than play, though I did make it to the pool every day. However, there was the family garden that needed weeding and harvesting. We also went on vacation for two weeks every August. I don't miss any of that.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
8 Aug 18
I like the school holidays at it means less kids piling on the buses to get to and from school. I enjoyed the free time and the family holidays that we had every Summer
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
8 Aug 18
@Kandae11 it is an aspect of the season I love
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@Shiva49 (26681)
• Singapore
8 Aug 18
There is less free time for mothers during school holidays.
And more expenses to keep them occupied.
And parents tend to worry the children will get lazy and laidback.
During my teenage times, I had to do with some games and worrying about school reopening! siva
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@porwest (90876)
• United States
9 Aug 18
Well, the wife and I do not have kids, so we don't have to be excited or not about school reopening. But as for spending more on food, I think in the summer we do just because we tend to do more grilling, and since meat is expensive, we can stretch meat a bit more with soups and casseroles during the winter.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
28 Aug 18
I can relate to it. Holidays means more playing and more outdoor activities and so more hunger and craving for food.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
28 Aug 18
@Kandae11 Searching for new interesting recipes for evening snacks becomes an added task for me.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
8 Aug 18
When my boys were pre-teen, teenage, they spent several weeks of the summer away at various camps-Boy Scout Camp, sailing camp, science camp, so they weren't eating our food, but the price of the camps ate up whatever grocery savings we might have enjoyed.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Aug 18
I only had the one child, a daughter, and she did some camps and spent time with friends in summer. It was always fun to buy pizza or fix pasta when she had friends over.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Aug 18
we did not have summer camps as kids before, but we had some vacations in our relatives' homes.
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