Traveling & Kids: Teen

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Family Vacation Dilemma, What Would You Do?

Sorry this got longer than I intended. My husband and I have 4 kids - 2 are 16, one is 10, the other is 8. The last time we did a fly-away vacation was 9 years ago, when the youngest wasn't even born and my 10 year old was an infant. We have been talking about going back to Florida and taking the kids to Disney (the youngest haven't been yet) for years but something always comes up that needs to be paid for. We do small vacations to Maine or Cape Cod every other summer but I really, really want to do one more big "get on a plane and go...

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16 Year Old Daughter

My daughter has just turned 16 in September. She is for the most part a...

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16 Year Old Son Ran Away 2 Weeks Ago

I found this site through a lonely move on my part, last week I put into a Google search box, "my 16 year old son ran away" and one of the threads here at mamapedia came up. It was really really helpful to hear the viewpoints on how to handle things, and it was the turning point for me to try to stop focusing on "how could he" and start thinking about “why did he and how can I help him.” It does hurt big time to know that he doesn’t see home as a haven, I would almost rather have an entitled, never-wants-to-leave kid than one who so...

Potty Training Traveling

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What to Get My 16 Year Old for Her Road Trip

My Daughter is 16 and she is going on a mission trip in june and she is traveling for about 9 hours the first day to get there. She will be traveling with other teens from her church. What kind of stuff should I give her to occupy her time? they will stop periodically for meals and such but I want to make sure she has snacks and possibly other activities for the ride. THey are not allowed to bring DVDs or iPods or Cell Phones. I am on a very limited budget

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Train or Plane?

My wonderful 50 something mother and her long time fiancee' (they live in...