In my last post, I detailed my (mostly) successful experience flying alone with my two young children, which went much better than my first attempt. If you’re flying alone with preschoolers or toddlers, let me share a few ideas about how to best set your family up for success.Like I said in the last post, […]
Preschooler Travel
Flying Alone with Preschoolers – my latest experience
About a year ago, I told myself my attempt at flying alone with preschoolers or toddlers probably sufficiently broke me to the point of avoiding traveling alone with the kids. I jest. But here we are, a year later, and I decided to have another go, this time taking an entire vacation with my older […]
Free Chicago Kids Activities
This summer, my daughter and I spent a long weekend in Chicago. While we didn’t plan it this way, we ended up spending the good part of a day bouncing between Chicago kids activities without having to pay any admission fees or cash. We stayed at the Hyatt Place Chicago/River North. From there we walked to […]
Preparing to travel alone with a preschooler
Getting ready to travel alone with a preschooler isn’t easy, but in this post I help you think about what you need to do to get ready for a great trip! How should you get there, where to stay, what to bring – I walk through my thought process to help you come up with your own ideas.
Hong Kong Revisited: Breaking all the parenting rules in Hong Kong
Raising kids in America means being subjected to a large set of rules about what’s safe and best for your children. I semi-religiously adhere to these rules – car seat height and weight limitations, proper etiquette, acceptable tactics for disciplining your children, etc. etc. Most of these “rules” probably reduce statistical probabilities from like 0.5% […]