My husband and I finally took a trip without our 5 kids. It didn't go at all how we expected.
A parent shares a personal account of taking a four-day trip away from her five children for the first time. She describes the unexpected anxiety and difficulty in disconnecting from parental responsibilities despite having professional childcare.
Why it matters
Highlights the psychological challenges of work-life balance and the 'mental load' carried by modern parents.
Our adults-only trip away from our kids didn't go the way I expected it to, but I'm still glad we gave it a try. Alexandra Frost My husband and I wanted to take a trip away from our five kids, so we planned a 4-day beach getaway . I didn't relax much, and it felt impossible to disconnect even though the kids had a trusted sitter. I missed my kids more than I expected, but I enjoyed being able to talk to my husband uninterrupted. My husband and I both work and parent our five kids, and some days the rat wheel of events and responsibilities feels endless. So, during a particularly tough season, we started scheming about whether it would actually be possible to "get away."
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