> working through the holidays to avoid spending time with their kid . . . is a form of child abuse. Wow. I couldn’t disagree more. This is some weird holier-t

> working through the holidays to avoid spending time with their kid . . . is a form of child abuse. Wow. I couldn’t disagree more. This is some weird holier-than-thou helicopter parent stuff. I watch my kids all day on the weekends and on the holidays. Plus I’m with them for at least four hours a day between drop offs, dinner, and homework/after dinner activities. The post is about “extended” time off with the children - e.g. the week between Christmas and new year’s day. No definition of “child abuse” encompasses sending your kids to daycare for that week. In most cases sane parents who have their young (<5-6 year old) kids in that week are going to wind up putting them in front of the TV or other electronics for part of the time anyway, just for their own sanity. In that case they are better off at daycare for that time. Beyond that, it’s much better for the kids to have a couple of extra days of daycare and parents who are enthusiastic to see them, rather than a few days off with parents who are pulling their hair out trying to find non-tv and non-electronic ways to entertain them for something like 10 straight days. Come on.