Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself. Let the kids embrace the boredom

  • Written by: Monica Thielking, Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
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If you’re a parent feeling a modicum of dread about the upcoming school holidays, you’re not alone. Many parents will be working from home over the school holidays and wondering, “how am I going to juggle online meetings in the absence of online schooling?”

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