Of course I have thanks, never taken out of school for a "holiday" when I was a kid, and had plenty of great family holidays. Only went abroad twice before I was 18, and one of those was Scotland.
Now I've got a kid of my own, and a wife who is a teacher, guess who can't take holidays out of...
If you've got kids and you can't afford to take them away during school holidays, then choose a holiday which you CAN afford for ****s sake. Crock of shit people not being able to "afford" a holiday - even spending time at home with your kids is a holiday. The problem is when the parents want...