Last Day Of School

The good and bad of the last day of the school year. The good is that the kids need a well deserved break from school. The bad is that parents have to wait until September to get theirs.
School vacation is an opportunity for the kids to have some time to get away from sports except for summer basketball, basketball camp, football starting the beginning of August and ice hockey and soccer starting the end of August.
Okay, maybe they don't get a complete break, but the exercise will be good. It's also a nice diversion from boredom that will eventually come from all the time off and the lack of structure in their day.
It's also a good time to reinforce good eating habits. For example, "You need to have one healthy snack if your previous snack was goldfish or something like that." It seems reasonable. After all, there will be plenty of popsicles, fudgesicles and visits from the ice cream man. A banana, apple, melon, or pineapple isn't going to hurt. Parents get a break from making lunches, packing snacks, filling water bottles, checking homework and making sure that the kids are dressed appropriately for the weather. Maybe it is a bit of a break for us parents. I will keep thinking that too !