30 Times Parents Made The Internet Giggle With Their Snow Day Struggles

I feel like this post is the only one where parents have fun with their kids. The other posts are all about how unlucky they are to have their kids around... I get that people have to work but hey, kids are more than just a burden! I hope they don't give their kids the feeling that they are only in the way. Makes me sad.

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For those unaware: Snowdays will need to be made up, either through "built-in snow days", (which is a random Monday or Friday with no school), it will need to be added on at the end of the year, or it can be an e-learning day (different states have different rules about what counts & what does not. Some states say that it needs to be half synchronous, which means that it needs to be virtual class, while others say it doesn't matter.) What sucks is that in Indiana 1-2 years ago, you could have as many asynchronous e-learning days as you wanted, and they wouldn't need to be made up. Now you can only have 3 of those per school year ):

Learning is for idiots.

Good for you! You would be shocked how much time and money is spent getting teachers up to snuff to do remote learning. And for what? A day where learning online is largely ineffective. But at least the teachers do not have to make up the day. (That was the #1 excuse I heard for doing it - nothing said about the students and quality of the day)

Wear the grudge like a crown mom.

Fair

They can still make snow angels. Standing up again might be a problem.

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"I can't put my arms down!" "You can put your arms down when you get to school."

As it should be.

Should trade those out for the music tubes you bop where each size is a different note. it's got a slightly muffled sound, and there is no way to play a pitchy or flat note.

Me may mah mo, me mo ma may

That's one of the reasons I think homeschooling could work in theory- following your shared interests and time tabling

We often have just as many snow/cold days per year as are allotted by the district. As soon as they have to start adding days to the end of the year they don't care if it's -30º, get your butt out to the bus stop.

That was their own fault. Just go "Aw, you DO look like you need some more sleep... Ok, I'll take care of it, you get some rest ok?"

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When I was a kid, you had to listen to local radio in the morning to know about any school closures. Though it was pretty pointless because I don’t think my school closed once, no matter how much snow there was!

I guarantee at least a dozen parents in your district are posting on FB about the lack of communication and another 15 have called the office to ask if there's a snow day. Source: I listen to the phone ring because I'm in the school building before they called school off for the day.

We're expected to check the district listings website to find out about snow days and late busses/cancelations. Someone at their school is going above and beyond and deserves a treats basket.

He’s right tbh

Until his teachers Zoom calls him online to do hours of busy work....

This is one reason I'm glad not to be a kid today, there was nothing better than Mom coming in and whispering "you have no school day," rolling over and going back to sleep. Snow days rocked!

To be fair, “*keyboard smash* buttttttt!!! poopy butttt” is how I feel about answering emails.

I once received a few teams messages like this, minus the butts, from a colleague. Asked if he had a cat, turned out it was a toddler.

Sick days exist. Don't be afraid to take a day.

Paw patrol gets obnoxious. Look up "Sarah and Duck", "Peg plus Cat", and "Bubble guppies"

Kipper the Dog was nice and mellow, also Pingu

These are all so funny.

TIL "Snot Eater". 🤣🤣

Wow their January is much longer than where I live. 🤣

Well 73 days is a third of January so it gets better

This is how I feel about January, but retired, no young kids!!! I swear it's at least 90 days long.

She’ll learn the true value of a nap later in life

I like this one.

At our house it was a "Dad's tomato soup and grilled cheese" day <3

And now husband gets to stay up with the kids while Mom goes to bed.......

I live in Arizona so my son has never had a snow day. However, this would be me. I’m so content snuggling at home with my kid watching whatever and playing video games and board games. He is a great snuggler btw.

Poor kids... They're probably begging to go outside

I'm confused, can you not send them outside when there is no snow? Surely they would still have things to do?

Roblox is a scam. Don't let your kids on Roblox. Not only is there straight up extortion built into the point of the game (every digital item is MASSIVELY expensive) There are also absolutely no safeties in place to prevent the many recorded instances of child predation and exploitation by adult players.

Nah, I'm super happy for our kiddo on snow days. Also they're old enough now that snow day = mum gets an extra half hour- hour sleep. SO fun!

If you know, you WILL say something to tip your kids off. Chaos. We have our kid still make their lunch the night before a snow day. It's part of what makes them sleep longer, AND at lunch their lunch is ready!

We never whined about being bored when I was growing up. I grew up on a farm so there was always a chore of some kind that could be done (including shoveling snow). I learned to say "I'm not sure what I'm going to do next." LOL!