Incredible Guidelines On Juggling Work And Family Over School Holidays

For working parents and working mums, who tend to be the primary organisers, school holidays can represent a planning nightmare! You will have six weeks or more of time to fill for your children, well aware that this is quality family time, irreplaceable for family bonding purposes. You can't help but think how the months and years are flying by and how, before you know it, the children will be all grown up and on their way. This makes you feel as if you want to spend the whole of the summer holidays with your children, as you soak in those summer rays. Wouldn't it be nice if you could take a six-week holiday as well?!

But reality bites! If you are self-employed, you realise that holidays are few and far between anyway as you work to develop your business.

If you are employed, you understand that your boss cannot afford to be without you for the entire period of time either, but hopefully he or she is understanding and at least a little bit flexible, as this will make all the difference.

Thankfully, professional coaching may well be able to help you to unravel all of your problems and make those critical decisions.

This will be the time to explore just how flexible your respective employers are, as mum and dad do their best to rearrange their time to accommodate all the demands. In certain circumstances, dad will take his two week holiday first and then when he gets back, mum will take her two week period. While this might "cover" for four weeks, it is hardly an ideal situation. Younger kids will find this very confusing and, as online coaching will remind you, you really need to try and maintain that family fabric as much as possible.

Telecommuting is really taking hold and this might be the time to schedule a test run. If the boss will allow it, try and operate from home during the summer, at least part of the time, allowing you to be more flexible with your hours and more attentive to the kids. Plan in advance to show your supervisor how effective and efficient you can be, by trying this concept before the summer holidays come along.

As the kids get a little older, you will find that there are many holiday clubs on offer - a whole range from football to dance and drama. Plan as far in advance as you can as the best holiday clubs get snapped up relatively early.

Summer holidays might mean that you have to get really creative about how you fit in your work responsibilities, so you will have to plan carefully if you are going to make them as easy as possible. Now, more than ever, you need to look for professional coaching help to ensure that you are not out of your depth and remember that there are many online coaching resources available these days.

Amanda Alexander, Director of Coaching Mums, helps pressure-cooked, stressed working mums who long for more hours in the day. Through her coaching programmes and online life coaching courses, Amanda shows mums how to create fulfilling and successful lives. For your simple 5 step guide to balance as a working mum, download our free eBook today!