Half Term With The Kids? 12 Tweets From Parents Struggling To Get To The Finish Line

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It’s the Friday of half-term and by the looks of Twitter, parents have been having a pretty hectic week.

From trying to constantly entertain their kids, to putting up with their weird and wonderful quirks all day every day – it’s been full-on.

Here are 12 tweets summing up the half-term struggle.

It didn’t start off well...

Day 2 of half term. Everything hurts, I’m already down about £800, my house looks like it’s been ransacked and I’ve just had a glass of wine the size of my son’s head. All told, it’s been a good day.
— DidsburyGirl (@didsburygirl) February 19, 2019

And things just went down hill from there

Love half term - nothing starts my day off better than a ridiculous struggle to have my child eat the toast she asked for.... the #struggleisreal
— Sammi T (@Sammi__B) February 21, 2019

Photo at 3pm... wine by 5pm.. half term is a struggle.... pic.twitter.com/cI5wLkEUfU
— Gill Martin (@Gill__Martin) February 20, 2019

Parents have been finding easy ways to entertain the kids

It's the last day of half term, so our kids are enhancing their digital skills (ie. glued to the i-pad).
— Oli Howard (@howard_oli) February 22, 2019

Managed to swerve actually doing anything today, last day of half term, by telling the kids daddy will take them swimming 🤣
— Jhol71 (@jhol71) February 22, 2019

Half term means a morning in soft play hell but we had free entry vouchers and I get to eat biscuits and knit so I’ll struggle through it. #knittingtostaysane https://t.co/59KbVvN71l
— Dransfield and Proud (@CraftyNadine) February 21, 2019

While others are finding themselves saying and doing the weirdest things

Whilst it seems everyone else's children are emitting profound words of wisdom this half term I have told my son that if he can go a day without saying the word 'poo' I will buy him latest Ninjago magazine with limited edition figure.
— Sarah (@Sarah_and_Son) February 19, 2019

My son made me watch a YouTube video of cartoon muffins talking about dying and now I can't stop singing about muffins dying.

Half term fun.
— AnneMarie Silbiger (@Happimess73) February 19, 2019

My daughter turned the lounge into a theme park called ‘Cosyland’ and asked me for £42 to enter. As far as half term activities go that’s not bad.
— Lee Button (@leebutton) February 22, 2019

Some are just finding this all too much

I took half term off to spend some time with my son. He’s pushed boundaries and tried my patience every bloody day.
— Eleanor (@dentynell) February 21, 2019

My daughters are sticking incontinence pads up all over the living room #halfterm
— Matthew Price (@BBCMatthewPrice) February 20, 2019

At least some kids can relate to how it feels to be a parent

Yesterday 5 year old asked “is it hard work having 4 kids in the house sometimes?” #halfterm
— David Robinson (@ninjathunder) February 19, 2019

Not long now.

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