Twelve practical tips to keep your sanity on holiday road trips.
(Originally published on KHCB)
Quality time is a hallmark of holiday bucket lists, yet most of us don’t include “traveling hours and hours together in a vehicle” as a desirable family activity. Yet the reward of the destination keeps us pressing the accelerator.
But is it even possible for road trips (with kids!) to be enjoyable? Or at the least tolerable? James exhorts us to count it all joy, but it’s awfully hard to find happiness with shrill screams of “she touched my seat” or a spill of goldfish crackers all over the floorboard, isn’t it?
Road trippin’ with kids is a situation where we really must draw into patience…and practicality!
With all four of our children, we began traveling early. We’ve even endured an eight-hour drive with a one-month-old. The destination was worth the effort of traveling with a carload. Plus, many of our most memorable conversations and laughs have been had during high-mileage excursions.
No trip is perfect, but twelve years of parenting four children (who now range from ages 12-2) has taught me tons about making trips easier.
Whether you are driving to grandmother’s house this holiday season or across cross-country to get to the beach or ski-slopes here are my top tips for travel!
Twelve Tips for Traveling with Children
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