An inventive mother devised a code for her daughter to use while on a residential trip with her school, to let her know she was enjoying herself.
With mobile phones being banned for the three-night trip to Whitby, the mum had no way of keeping in touch with her girl, so she hatched a plan to help keep her mind at ease, reports Yorkshire Live.
Her daughter’s school has a Twitter account and they’ll be posting plenty of pictures of the children while they are at the popular North Yorkshire seaside town, with parents able to see what they are getting up to.
And this particular mother explained on Netmums what plan she came up with: “My 10-year-old daughter – who is in Year 5 – is away in Whitby with her school. The children weren’t allowed to take a phone so that means no contact, which feels really unnatural.
“Usually, if your kids are staying at their grandparents, or on a sleepover at a friend’s house, you would speak to them on the phone, or via text, and speak to the person looking after them, too.
“But, there is a way I’ve been able to put my mind at rest, after coming up with a little secret code for my daughter to use, to let me know she’s happy.
“Luckily, our school take photos of the kids on the trip and post daily on the school’s Twitter account, so before she went, I asked her to give me a little ‘thumbs up’ in each pic if she feels really happy.
“To my delight, at the end of the first day, the first pictures appeared (after me constantly refreshing the school’s Twitter feed!) – and after zooming in to find her within the group shot, there she was, with a big smile and her thumb up!
“It felt so good to see her so happy. It’s such a simple little thing, but it really works. She’s remembered our code, and wants me to know everything is good and I can’t tell you how much it’s put my mind at rest.
"Of course the cynics will say ‘what if they forget?’, or ‘what if they don’t put their thumbs up, you would worry more’ – but you will know your child to know if this would work with them or not.
“I know she will have been happy doing it while the photo was being taken and I know I was so happy to see it! A little message from her, to me, despite zero contact. I also did the same with my son when he went last year.”
