I quit my job to claim benefits & spend the summer holidays with my kids – I'll be better off not working

Scottish Sun

4 days ago

The mum said not working would be 'more beneficial' for her family
NO KIDDING I quit my job to claim benefits & spend the summer holidays with my kids – I'll be better off not working
A BUSY mum has revealed she ditched her job to look after her kids over the summer holidays.
Loren Jade decided it would be more beneficial to stay at home rather than work, since she had no one else to help with her little ones.
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Loren made the difficult decision to quit her job to look after her kids over the summer holidays
Credit: tiktok/@lorennjadee
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Loren said she would be better off not working while her kids are off school
Credit: tiktok/@lorennjadee
Taking to TikTok, the mum explained that she's always worked hard and still struggled as a single mum.
In the viral clip, she revealed she has no one else in the picture to lend a hand, which always left her in a sticky situation over the school holidays.
So, the mum planned and paid for her kids to spend most of their time off school at various holiday clubs.
"I had it all planned out, I knew exactly where the kids would be," she explained.
But as the time got closer, the realisation that she wouldn't see her little ones over the summer holidays and that she'd be spending all of her hard-earned money on childcare hit her "like a ton of bricks."
"I cannot force my son who has got SEN needs and a four year old to go to holiday clubs the whole of the six weeks holidays," she said.
So, Loren decided to leave her job to look after her kids, which she said worked out better for her.
In the comment section of the video, the mum noted that she doesn't currently receive DLA [Disability Living Allowance for children] which is partly why it works out cheaper for her to stay at home and help her son.
At the end of the clip, the mum said she would still need to work though, but wasn't sure what her next career move would be.
Keen for something out of her comfort zone, the mum said she would try to be a social media influencer on TikTok and asked viewers to follow her so she could give it a good shot.
After sharing her decision to quit her job other parents were quick to share their experiences in the comment section of the clip.
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One said: "Sometimes not working actually has more benefits than working. In my case, I have a child with a disability.
"I worked for 11 years, and it was exhausting – I was losing myself and my child in the process. Staying home with him turned out to be the best decision."
And another mum shared her solution for working during the summer holidays, she said: "I started up as self employed part time cleaner.
"I'm on my own basically with no help around me, my six year old SEN is not in school so she comes to work with me. She cant be with others so she cant even do holiday clubs."
And someone else said: "I'm having to send my son to holiday club every day as a single mum and I feel so bad as he does not want to go and every morning is a battle."
"It's so hard, you work to provide for your family, yet are worse off for working! Its crazy! I'm in the same situation," someone else commented on the clip.