(n.) 1. A break from one's motherly duties 2. Extended periods of time that one's children spend with their father, usually as a result of a custody agreement. Used to denote only a respite from day to day parental activities not normal duties (i.e. work, household, etc.)

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

Moms that go on vacation without their kids