Oh fuck, we should have known.
The minute the last dog outgrows it’s puppyhood and the novelty wears off it’s onto the next one
Same as with all the kids as babies.
How immature they are, and are teaching their kids to be just the same.
The next baby, the next puppy, the next holiday, the next car.
They’ll NEVER be satisfied, what an awful way to live.
As someone who works with Archie's age group, this is what I find the most unforgivable. It's a shame for all the children that they're missing those first few days back but to have your child start school for the very first time a week after his peers have already settled in, because you simply had to go on yet another lavish holiday, is disgusting.
They as parents may have done this 18 times before but for Archie it's his first and only time starting Reception and they're making it as difficult as possible for him by having him miss those vital first few days where bonds start to be formed and rules and routines are embedded. I really can't stress how important it is, yet Sue and Noel have denied him the right to a smooth transition to school by prioritising yet another holiday. There are no excuses, none whatsoever.
Precisely this.
A couple of years ago we were devastated when my grandson came down with chicken pox when he was due to start school and had to miss the first week, we were so upset that he wouldn’t be starting at the same time as his peers.
That was unavoidable and we still felt terrible, this lot couldn’t care less.