Comments on: 10 Tips for a Successful Road Trip http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/ Real Parenting Solutions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Road trip http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-20344 Road trip Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:01:31 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-20344 This is a hard thing to do travel with kids i think they can go about a hour in a car before they want to get out and need something. It is very difficult. This is a hard thing to do travel with kids i think they can go about a hour in a car before they want to get out and need something. It is very difficult.

]]> By: top mistakes http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-18072 top mistakes Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:59:42 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-18072 Your site is really interesting to me and your subject matter is very relevant. I was browsing around and came across something you might find interesting. I was guilty of 3 of them with my sites. "99% of website managers are doing these 5 HUGE mistakes". http://is.gd/jhKkC5 You will be suprised how simple they are to fix. Your site is really interesting to me and your subject matter is very relevant. I was browsing around and came across something you might find interesting. I was guilty of 3 of them with my sites. “99% of website managers are doing these 5 HUGE mistakes”. http://is.gd/jhKkC5 You will be suprised how simple they are to fix.

]]> By: Jen http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-6457 Jen Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:12:02 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-6457 These are awsome tips that iam gonna use for our next road trip. iam glad i found your site this is gonna save me alot of headaches in the furture. Thanks! :-) These are awsome tips that iam gonna use for our next road trip. iam glad i found your site this is gonna save me alot of headaches in the furture.

Thanks! :-)

]]> By: kandes http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 kandes Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:24:57 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-2911 We are probably one of the few families in America who do not have a television at home. We do, however, have a DVD player in our minivan and it is awesome! My husband plays in a band so we travel to a lot of out of town festivals. It makes the long distance car trips go by a lot faster. My teenager and baby appreciate it. As do I. We are probably one of the few families in America who do not have a television at home. We do, however, have a DVD player in our minivan and it is awesome! My husband plays in a band so we travel to a lot of out of town festivals. It makes the long distance car trips go by a lot faster. My teenager and baby appreciate it. As do I.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Andrea Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:46:45 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-373 Great post! I love not being the only hold out on the DVD player! We just bought a relatively new mini van and one of our requirements was that it not have a built in DVD :) Having recently made the decision to take a (15+ hour) road trip with our almost 5 year old boy and 2 month old baby girl I would also add a couple newly hard earned tidbits - be realistic about your expectations and know each child... We lulled ourselves into thinking that it would work with such a young infant based on our older child at her age - he would get in the car and just sleep. She did not. Quite the opposite. It was a long looooong trip with much newborn crying, many stops and a lot of night time driving! But our challenges on the first half of the trip led us to the creative solution of me and the baby flying home, while my husband and older son drove home. It was a way we could all enjoy a far away from home place, and the relief of knowing we'd all be spared a car ride with a screaming baby on the way home was worth the plane ticket. Great post! I love not being the only hold out on the DVD player! We just bought a relatively new mini van and one of our requirements was that it not have a built in DVD :)

Having recently made the decision to take a (15+ hour) road trip with our almost 5 year old boy and 2 month old baby girl I would also add a couple newly hard earned tidbits – be realistic about your expectations and know each child… We lulled ourselves into thinking that it would work with such a young infant based on our older child at her age – he would get in the car and just sleep. She did not. Quite the opposite. It was a long looooong trip with much newborn crying, many stops and a lot of night time driving! But our challenges on the first half of the trip led us to the creative solution of me and the baby flying home, while my husband and older son drove home. It was a way we could all enjoy a far away from home place, and the relief of knowing we’d all be spared a car ride with a screaming baby on the way home was worth the plane ticket.

]]> By: Toddler Crafts Julie http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Toddler Crafts Julie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:59:20 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-125 Hi ladies really i inspired by this article.the tips are very useful to every moms.i plan to use this article to my child at the next summer vacation. Hi ladies really i inspired by this article.the tips are very useful to every moms.i plan to use this article to my child at the next summer vacation.

]]> By: Anna Van Dis http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Anna Van Dis Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:11:26 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-121 For a multitude of reasons which I won't go into here, I am not OK with using the portable DVD's in the car on trips, I just don't want to go that route. Thanks for these "tips" Emily, I plan to use them on our upcoming 14 +hour trip to Michigan in two weeks. I think that number 5 (that driving w/ kids demands interaction) is the hardest part personally, and WHY it is so tempting for parents to use the portable DVD's , game devices, etc. , so I understand why parents DO have them! BUT, I'd rather tune in than tune out, even if it is exhausting by the end! I think attitude is everything, too. Great post. For a multitude of reasons which I won’t go into here, I am not OK with using the portable DVD’s in the car on trips, I just don’t want to go that route. Thanks for these “tips” Emily, I plan to use them on our upcoming 14 +hour trip to Michigan in two weeks. I think that number 5 (that driving w/ kids demands interaction) is the hardest part personally, and WHY it is so tempting for parents to use the portable DVD’s , game devices, etc. , so I understand why parents DO have them! BUT, I’d rather tune in than tune out, even if it is exhausting by the end! I think attitude is everything, too. Great post.

]]> By: Jeannie Anderson http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Jeannie Anderson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:44:28 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-124 By the way, your header cracks me up every time I visit your site. Great pic! By the way, your header cracks me up every time I visit your site. Great pic!

]]> By: Jeannie Anderson http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Jeannie Anderson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:43:55 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-123 Great article. You inspired me to write on this topic as well. I linked to your post at the end of mine. http://mamabusypants.blogspot.com/2009/07/anderson-family-travel-survival-in-21st.html Take care, Jeannie @ The Adventures of Mr. Busypants. Great article. You inspired me to write on this topic as well. I linked to your post at the end of mine.

http://mamabusypants.blogspot.com/2009/07/anderson-family-travel-survival-in-21st.html

Take care,
Jeannie @ The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

]]> By: tali http://www.childperspective.com/travel/8-tips-for-a-successful-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-122 tali Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:37:42 +0000 http://childperspective.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-122 that makes 3 of us... i hope you had a great trip Emily. i have to tell you that 2 years ago my husband had a seminar in Scottsdale Arizona. we were in Santa Monica at that time. zoe was 4 and ori was 1. for some odd reason i have decided we should drive and join him (he had a great suit in a nice hotel with a pool etc) i am not sure what i was thinking. it is about 6 hours drive. i think about half way i finally understood what i was doing but than it was too late to turn around, we were already half way. the drive went great. no tantrums what so ever. i remember talking to zoe alot before we left telling her how she needs to be my helper and make sure ori was doing ok. it worked. we had a great vacation. btw, another great game we play in the car or on hikes is: 20 questions (we dont really count the questions) someone needs to think of an animal and the rest need to guess what animal it is with yes and no questions. tali that makes 3 of us…

i hope you had a great trip Emily. i have to tell you that 2 years ago my husband had a seminar in Scottsdale Arizona. we were in Santa Monica at that time. zoe was 4 and ori was 1. for some odd reason i have decided we should drive and join him (he had a great suit in a nice hotel with a pool etc) i am not sure what i was thinking. it is about 6 hours drive. i think about half way i finally understood what i was doing but than it was too late to turn around, we were already half way. the drive went great. no tantrums what so ever. i remember talking to zoe alot before we left telling her how she needs to be my helper and make sure ori was doing ok. it worked.
we had a great vacation.

btw,
another great game we play in the car or on hikes is: 20 questions (we dont really count the questions) someone needs to think of an animal and the rest need to guess what animal it is with yes and no questions.
tali

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