"Poverty, housing instability, hunger, mental health struggles and addiction can all contribute to more vulnerable pupils missing out on education, so spare us the annual pearl-clutching about taking the kids out of school to go on a sun holiday With the arrival of mid-term break comes the inevitable annual moral panic about parents taking children out of school for holidays. Outrage as predictable as a Ryanair seat sale. Everything from coffee to holidays costs more today. Not everyone can afford peak-season packages in July and August."
"With the arrival of mid-term break comes the inevitable annual moral panic about parents taking children out of school for holidays. Outrage as predictable as a Ryanair seat sale."
"Everything from coffee to holidays costs more today. Not everyone can afford peak-season packages in July and August."
Poverty, housing instability, hunger, mental-health struggles and addiction increase the likelihood that vulnerable pupils miss school. Annual public outrage targets parents who take children out of school for holidays, especially at mid-term, despite deeper causes of absence. The moral panic around term-time departures recurs predictably each break. Rising living costs make peak-season holidays unaffordable for many families. Families may seek cheaper travel times outside school holidays to afford breaks. Policy and public attention focused narrowly on holidaying parents overlooks structural socioeconomic barriers to consistent school attendance.
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