The vacation isn't over: The school year has barely begun and the children are home again - how are parents coping?
The school year has barely started, and children are already home for a long break of nearly two consecutive weeks, due to the bridge between Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Welfare reporter Gila Zuckerman Golan examines how parents are dealing with the complicated logistics, financial expenses, and erosion of the school routine.
The school year has barely started, and children are already home for a long break of nearly two consecutive weeks, due to the bridge between Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Welfare reporter Gila Zuckerman Golan examines how parents are dealing with the complicated logistics: who stays home, who takes days off, and how to fill many days while work continues as usual. Those who cannot take additional time off from work seek alternative frameworks, and day camps are filling up again. Beyond the financial expenses on day camps, attractions, and travel, there is also an erosion of the school routine that had only just begun to be established. The central question for parents is how many vacation and sick days, money, and creativity they still have left in stock.