Summer is here and July 4th is this weekend. Lots of people will be on vacation, returning from vacation, taking weekend roadtrips or planning getaways for later in the summer. As a single parent, a vacation is not always so much of a vacation if you have no one to switch off parenting responsibilities. Going with another family or members of your family (who you get along with–lol!) can help.
Here is my Top 5 Ten things You Should Not bring on vacation:
1. Too much “stuff”. We all love our creature comforts and so do our children. Sometimes we think we must bring things for them and really aren’t we enabling them to be dependent on their things? Simplify. That said, you know my boys will not vacation without their DS’s and a handful of DVDs. These are sanity savers when I need a time-out. Continue reading »