The ABCs of Summer Break (& the Lessons They’ll Help You Remember)

June 30, 2016

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Q is for Quiet, which is no longer a thing for you

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R is for Reading List, which you’ll push your kids to finish in the the 93 hours before school is back in session

S is for Sunburn because you’re a failure as a parent

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T is for Teachers who you dream about each evening, those brave, child-wrangling souls, who you would pay $5 million dollars a year if it meant not having to buy your kid’s school supplies in August, or, actually, having to spend time with your kids in August.

U is for Ultimatums that you don’t plan to follow through on

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Nicole Leigh Shaw began writing as a newspaper journalist in 1999, but has been moving through all the metamorphic stages of the modern writer, except "tortured novelist." Soon she'll emerge as a butterfly or a vlogger. Nicole writes for Cosmopolitan.com, ScaryMommy.com, and has contributed to five anthologies, including the NYT Best Seller "I Just Want to Pee Alone." In addition to her four kids, two dogs and one husband, she also maintains a blog, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account.