Ciara Kelly: As a veteran of Magaluf 2018 and Ios 2021, here are the three dangers I'll be warning my child about before this year's Leaving Cert holiday
We're in the eye of the storm in Leaving Cert terms. The hideous build up ended last Wednesday with English paper 1, and by Friday we'd hit a kind of rhythm that's actually preferable to the pre-exam limbo. In fact, for many this stress fest will be over in a few days. Which brings me to the real issue: the Leaving Cert is bad enough, but nothing compares to the dread of the Leaving Cert holiday.
I'm a veteran at this stage, having survived Magaluf 2018 and Ios 2021. I should get a medal, or at the very least a wet T-shirt. Zante is our next roll of the 6th year holiday dice — and I hate it. I genuinely wonder why all of us parents pay for these holidays, when everyone I know is terrified. And not without good reason. Yes, the vast majority of kids will come home relatively unscathed, but sadly there's always tragic exceptions to that rule. So how can you minimise risks?
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