{"id":48799,"date":"2026-04-12T18:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48799"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:37:24","slug":"dad-confessed-to-being-annoyed-kids-are-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48799","title":{"rendered":"Dad confessed to being annoyed kids are home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He needs a reality check<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/lifestyle\/first-class-parents-leave-rowdy-tots-unsupervised-in-coach\/\">being a parent<\/a> is one of the hardest jobs, so every once in a while, a little break from the kiddos is necessary. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for one dad, his bubble was burst after he learned that his kids were off from school at the same time he was planning on being OOO \u2014 throwing a frustrating wrench into his plans.<\/p>\n<p>He frustratingly took to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/confession\/comments\/1sbykaj\/was_excited_for_spring_break_only_to_realize_my\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r\/confession forum<\/a> on Reddit to air out his grievances. \u201cI feel like a terrible father and a selfish a\u2014ole at the same time,\u201d he started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sister is flying in this week. I took leave from work to spend time with her, who I haven\u2019t seen in years. I had ZERO. F\u2014\u2013G. IDEA that my kids (elementary school) were off school the same week for spring break. It literally never once occurred to me. Legitimately.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39064358\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>This frustrated dad took to Reddit to share his disappointment that his kids are off from school for spring break. <span class=\"credit\">fizkes \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd now I\u2019m feeling absolutely gutted, both at the guilt, but also the realization that they\u2019re going to be home the entire time. They\u2019re both autistic and I cannot emphasize enough <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/lifestyle\/parents-are-yelling-jessica-in-bizarre-trend-to-stop-a-tantrum\/\">how infuriatingly exhausting they are<\/a>. Fridays are the worst days of the week for me, because it means I don\u2019t have work the next two days. And now Monday is 10 days away,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p>How he didn\u2019t know his kids would be home is the most head-scratching part. And out of the 1,000 replies on the post, many agreed, not showing any sympathy for him \u2014 if anything, he was slammed for feeling this way, as most showed support for the poster\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI completely understand being frustrated when kids are home for school. But dude, you should at least know when spring break is. Give your wife a break since you will be home. 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/unhappy-husband-father-family-home-125511305.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/unhappy-husband-father-family-home-125511305.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/unhappy-husband-father-family-home-125511305.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/unhappy-husband-father-family-home-125511305.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>While this dad probably assumed he\u2019d get some sympathy, he was instead slammed by thousands of Reddit users for his out-of-touch post. <span class=\"credit\">globalmoments \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s infuriatingly exhausted by them, but not even involved enough to know when they are and aren\u2019t in school. I\u2019d bet\u00a0<em>anything<\/em>\u00a0the entire week is gonna be him breaking down into an adult tantrum and going \u2018but my sister is here\u2019 anytime his wife asks for any help,\u201d quipped someone else. \u201cAnd when the week is over he\u2019ll pat himself on the back and congratulate himself for finding the strength to make it through, completely ignoring her falling apart nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you weren\u2019t off work, who would be watching them? Did you simply assume their other parent would? And that YOUR time off could be kid-free?\u201d someone pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me you\u2019re not the primary parent without telling me you\u2019re not the primary parent,\u201d read another comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think you\u2019re exhausted? Try carrying the mental load of your household. God knows you\u2019re not the one doing it,\u201d a user wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/lifestyle\/dad-confessed-to-being-annoyed-kids-are-home\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He needs a reality check It goes without saying that being a parent is one of the hardest jobs, so every once in a while, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}