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A quoi servent les vacances ? A rêver d'autres vies que la sienne ou à se reposer ?

Ah les vacances ! Enfin, le moment de se reposer ! Pour tout le monde ? Pas vraiment. 

Dans une une étude Ifop datant de 2022, on apprenait qu’à la fin de leurs congés, les femmes sont 70% à se trouver se trouver finalement plus fatiguées qu’avant les vacances. Les hommes eux sont 57 % à partager ce ressenti. Et la réalité, c'est que les parents ne partent pas vraiment en vacances. Ils s’occupent juste de leurs enfants dans une ville différente. 

Ce qu'on devrait appeler la délocalisation parentale est donc globalement une arnaque. Vous croyez que vous partez en vacances, parce que factuellement vous allez dans un endroit super où il fait bon vivre. Un endroit où il y a parfois une piscine, la mer, la montagne, de belles balades à faire, des musées exceptionnels à visiter. Et vraiment, c’est merveilleux tout ça MAIS vous n’allez juste pas en profiter. Tout simplement parce que vous partez “en vacances” avec les personnes certes les plus mignonnes du mondes mais aussi : les pires pour en profiter. Crises, nuits agitées, machines à laver, charge mentale intacte, les vacances épuisent. 

Mais alors que faire face à ce constat : rêver d'autres ailleurs comme Renée Greusard ou épouser sagement la réalité comme son compagnon Clément ? C'est ce dilemme que la journaliste raconte dans "Les vacances sa mère", mais aussi tout ce qu'il implique comme réflexions sociétales.

Description générale 

"Les vacances sa mère" est une série qui explore les difficultés de la parentalité particulièrement saillantes pendant les vacances, puisqu'elles n'offrent souvent aucune échappatoire.

Bibliographie

- "Les grandes oubliées : Pourquoi l'Histoire a effacé les femmes" de Titiou Lecoq
- Éditions de l'Iconoclaste, 2021 "Avoir des enfants rend-il heureux ?" de Béatrice Kammerer
- Sciences humaines 2021 "Le ménage : La fée, la sorcière et l'homme nouveau" de Christine Castelain-Meunier, Stock, 2013

Enregistrements 
Printemps 2025

Prise de son et montage
Renée Greusard

Réalisation
Annabelle Brouard

Mixage
Arnaud Forest 

Illustration 
Malijo

Production
ARTE Radio

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