If your family has never traveled in Asia, Hong Kong is a great place for a crash course. Whether you come for a week or just a few days, you’ll find a lot of brightness and bustle in one safe, fun package. My advice:...
I am a naturally anxious parent. As such, I constantly check on my kids. When they’re eating, I check to make sure they’re not choking. When they’re showering, I check to make sure they’re not drowning. When they’re sleeping, I check to make...
Most people I know choose their vacations by destination. With Costa Rica, Japan, or the Grand Canyon firmly in their sights, they begin to plan specific activities. In this as well as many other things, kids take a different point of view. ...
About once a week, my husband and I try to sit down with our kids to watch a movie. Our taste runs to adventure films, especially when they’re set in places we’d like to visit. Our theory is this: As long as...
Whether your child is 3 or 13, it can be stressful to leave them at home for the first time to travel without them. First you’ll have to prepare someone to step into your shoes for a few days. Then you’ll need...
When it comes to crossing the globe, I’m a big fan of breaking air travel up into bite-sized pieces. After a 10- or 12-hour flight from San Francisco to Europe or Asia, the last thing I want to do is get off, wait a...
When dreaming about a family trip to Europe, most people don’t seriously consider Iceland. Maybe Iceland has an image problem? In 900 AD, a Scandinavian settler came up with the chilly moniker after spending a winter on the island. Had he...
When it comes to traveling, kids go through a handful of distinct stages. As babies, they’re in the purse stage, because they’re so darned portable. When they hit the toddler years, they enter the Sherpa stage (so named for the staggering amount of...
Whoever said, "Give children the gift of boredom," obviously never took a road trip with my kids. Sometimes the bickering starts before we're even out of the driveway. While they can be placated for a few hours with movies and handheld video games, they...
If you travel enough, sooner or later you’ll wind up taking an overnight flight. The dreaded red eye. When you’re an adult traveling alone, it’s no big deal. When you’re a parent traveling with kids, it can be nightmarish. ...