Raising them right: How to survive a road trip with kids
This article offers practical advice for parents on managing long car journeys with children during summer vacations. It suggests using various forms of entertainment and snacks to keep children occupied and minimize travel stress.
Why it matters
Road trips are a common family activity, and managing child behavior is a frequent pain point for working parents during holiday seasons.
BY NOW YOU may have already been on or are preparing to go on a nice long road trip in the car with your smallies for a summer day out or some full-on Griswold Family Vacation style fun.
As juggly as the summer months can be for working parents, when you finally get some time off to head out and about, enjoy some fine weather and do something nice with your kids while they are still young, it feels priceless.
As lovely as it is though, the journey to get there can be a bit like your penance. At times, it can make you question your own sanity and why you thought cooping up your young children in a small space for a long time was really such a good idea?
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