Jo's Tips on Traveling with Kids
This was a very popular article on epinions written many years ago but still relevant. We started traveling with our children when they were 3, 5 and 8. These were some of the tricks I had up my sleeve. 1. They will certainly fill a backpack with their favorite toys, games, books, etc. I bought "surprises." They would consist of inexpensive items like play dough; silly putty; new coloring books or connect-the-dot type books; and a couple of the small travel games - travel checkers, travel trivia depending on the children’s ages. In the new world, you would have to adjust to the days of paper and pencils! 2. I would get rolls of nickels, dimes or quarters. The price increased as they got older. I don't believe in punishing bad behavior (unless it is harmful to someone else, property or the child himself); I believe in ignoring it and rewarding behavior that is appropriate. Based on that philosophy, the children would get, let's say a nickel when they were young