“What did you do on your summer holidays?” It’s a question which we ask kids without even thinking.
But in a moving social media post, one woman makes a good case for rethinking the question.
With the kids going back to school , Nicole Cliffe, explained why being asked this seemingly harmless question can be so damaging.
She wrote : “hey, PSA to teachers, if you know that one of your wee students tragically and unexpectedly lost a parent over the summer, PUMP YOUR BRAKES on the ol’ ‘What I did on my summer break’ assignment.”
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Literally hundreds of people replied detailing their experiences of hating being asked this question.
One woman replied: “This is a horrible assignment prompt for SO many reasons. It ignores possible trauma, it ignores socioeconomic class, it ignores the fact that many don’t get vacation time to begin with, etc. etc.
It was a sentiment Tiffany Grayson agreed with.
Twitter user, Tiffany Grayson, who was raised by a single mother in the US, pointed out that this school holiday question can also embarrass those with money struggles, too.
“This whole thread made me relive so much shame I had about these assignments,’ the now 34-year-old posted.
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‘When classmates were like ‘Went to Europe!’ and I was like ‘only had the electricity cut off once’…”
“This whole thread made me relive so much shame I had about these assignments,’ the now 34-year-old posted.
“When classmates were like ‘Went to Europe!’ and I was like ‘only had the electricity cut off once’…”
