March 16th, 2010 | by Jane Rytina Comment
Best playlist for kids - adult music for children. My children are 7 and 4 and I have spent the last few years listening to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Disney classics and Crayola Kids in my car. There have been times when I wake up in a sweat repeating the words, "can you feel the love tonight?"
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March 15th, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 1 comment
As pretty much any parent of school aged children will tell you, repetition is the soul of parenthood. Anybody can do a load of laundry, scrape some uneaten tater tots into the garbage, and force a recalcitrant child to......
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March 11th, 2010 | by Sascha Zuger 7 comments
The flight attendant’s announcement brought a giggle from the plane. Traveling with children can be an adventure. Traveling abroad even more so. As we approached the border on one such trip, it occurred to me that my child, at three years, was arriving at an age where there was no predicting what might issue from his mouth at the worst possible moment.
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March 8th, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 7 comments
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side·track (sīd´trăk): n. 1. A diversion from the main course. 2. A detour taken with children that you would never, ever take without them.
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Who:
Travel Savvy Mom founder Jamie Pearson, her 10 and 7-year-old kids, another travel writer and her family,......
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March 4th, 2010 | by travelsavvymom 48 comments
It doesn’t have to be a treasure island or a pirate hideout -- kids just naturally get a thrill from visiting any place that’s surrounded by water, reachable only by bridge or boat or airplane. Here are five islands where my family has had some magical vacations:
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March 1st, 2010 | by Kayt Sukel 10 comments
I have a confession to make: I love books. Seriously. I *love* books. If I have a single vice outside travel, it's books. I read about a new novel or non-fiction book on Salon.com or NPR and immediately order it. ......
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February 25th, 2010 | by Kayt Sukel 2 comments
There are days I look at Chet, so close to turning 5, and can't believe he was once small enough to reside inside my belly. I can't help but feel a little nostalgic. And then there are days, usually when......
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February 23rd, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 8 comments
Like most families, my family has plenty of strange habits. I devour Jane Austen fan fiction by the pound, my husband subscribes to cooking magazines but does not actually cook, and my daughter collects business cards.
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February 19th, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 14 comments
Call me unimaginative, but I've never done much more than ski on a family ski vacation. Oh, I've occasionally dragged a saucer to the top of a hill for a bone-jarring ride down or relaxed for five minutes in a hot tub (if the kids haven't made it tepid with snowballs), but that's really it.
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February 16th, 2010 | by Jamie Pearson 23 comments
If you've taken more than a handful of flights with your kids (especially award travel), this has probably happened to you: you buy your ticket (or redeem miles), and then find out you can't get seats together.
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