u/Groundh0g-

Curious to see how others are balancing things.

Our weeks and weekends are always full, we both work fulltime, we have the house to take care of and we're trying to give our kids a good childhood too.

I struggle with finding enough time for myself, but then if my husband were to take the kids to give me some time for myself then I struggle with feelings of guilt and missing out on what the family is doing. There aren't enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to be done and then also fit in what we like to do individually and also what we like to do as a family or as a couple.

What do your weekends look like? Or how do you structure your weeks so everything gets done and everyone gets to do something that fills their cup?

I'm so mad. My daughter who is 5 and in Kindy was made to wet herself in front of the class yesterday because she asked to go to the bathroom and was told "no, you can wait 5 minutes" by the teacher (an arts teacher, not her normal teacher).

I emailed the school and asked for the AP to call me back, she did, she was apologetic, advised she'd put things in place to make sure it didn't happen again, would talk to the teacher about allowing more grace for younger students, and told me she'd check in on my daughter today to make sure she's feeling confident etc. She basically said and did all the right things but I'm just so mad it happened in the first place and my poor daughter just keeps talking to me about how embarrassed she is (it's been YEARS since she's had a daytime accident).

My daughter has kidney problems, we have to get a renal scan done twice a year and do regular urinary tests etc., but I never even thought to mention it to the school because it doesn't really affect her day-to-day life, and never in a million years did I think that a teacher would say "No" to going to the bathroom. Now the school knows and they'll make sure that if she needs to go, she can go, but why is this even a special rule they need to make for her?! Just let kids go to the bathroom! WTH!

I've also told my daughter that it's not her fault, and the teacher was wrong to say no and in future if she needs to go to the bathroom and the teacher says no, just say "sorry, it's an emergency" and run to the bathroom, and if you get in trouble, you tell the teacher to call Mum or Dad and we will sort it with the teacher directly, you will never be in trouble for going to the bathroom if you need to go.

Anything I can say to my daughter to make her feel better? Or what to say if the other kids tease her for it?