Summer help, and summer vacation for children/ teens help

I wish they would have made it so you can choose if it’s just kids that stay home, just adults or both. In my current save mom owns a Vet Clinic so I imagine she can go to work whenever she wants but that’s not a full actual career so that doesn’t really matter income-wise. I did schedule a summer and winter vacation - I’m just gonna use it as an opportunity for my families to take a vacation together I guess. I wonder if you can force the parent to go to work regardless?