Comments on: Traveling With Teens http://www.blisstree.com/articles/traveling-with-teens-119/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:00:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nikki http://www.blisstree.com/articles/traveling-with-teens-119/comment-page-1/#comment-79751 Nikki Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:09:10 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/traveling-with-teens/#comment-79751 Oh Christine, don't say that! I was looking forward to the kids being older :) I can say that my oldest (now 6) does occupy herself in the car by reading or playing her Gameboy. The other two usually watch a DVD :) Oh Christine, don’t say that! I was looking forward to the kids being older :) I can say that my oldest (now 6) does occupy herself in the car by reading or playing her Gameboy. The other two usually watch a DVD :)

]]> By: Neena http://www.blisstree.com/articles/traveling-with-teens-119/comment-page-1/#comment-78852 Neena Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:41:06 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/traveling-with-teens/#comment-78852 Limit the electronics time. Have an hour or two of electronics time and then an hour or two off. You could also try a book on CD that the whole family can listen to together - it may give you all something to talk about when it is over. Good luck! Limit the electronics time. Have an hour or two of electronics time and then an hour or two off. You could also try a book on CD that the whole family can listen to together – it may give you all something to talk about when it is over. Good luck!

]]> By: Amy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/traveling-with-teens-119/comment-page-1/#comment-79660 Amy Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:26:51 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/traveling-with-teens/#comment-79660 Drive while they are sleeping. Absolutely. We leave for most trips at dinner time. We have sandwiches and chips in the car. DH does not fuel the vehicle before we leave-- we always plan on getting fuel about 2h into the trip. So we leave around 6 p.m. and eat in the car, stop around 8 p.m. and have a potty break and fuel the vehicle. Then we are back on the road and they *fall asleep*.... dh drives until midnight when we find a truck stop for more fuel and coffee, and then I drive a few hours while dh sleeps. Once when I did this sans dh, I just kept driving until I got too sleepy, then pulled over and slept in a truck stop for 45 minutes or so, then kept on going. Yes, I know people don't think it's safe, but it is what it is. We never have electronic things on our road trips, so mine have had to learn to do it the old fashioned way. We did a 3600 mile trip this summer with 3 boys ages 14, 12, and 11, in a Ford Escape hybrid, without ever using the A/C. We avoid the Interstate as you can't see anything from the Interstate. We use the Interstate only during overnight drives. During the day we stick to state highways... they are much more interesting, the kids see the country, there are landmarks to ooh and ahh over and Historical Markers to pull over and check out and stretch legs. It makes the trip take a little longer but oh well. Now I've written all this it's practically a blog post so I think I'll copy it to my blog. Hahaha. Drive while they are sleeping. Absolutely. We leave for most trips at dinner time. We have sandwiches and chips in the car. DH does not fuel the vehicle before we leave– we always plan on getting fuel about 2h into the trip. So we leave around 6 p.m. and eat in the car, stop around 8 p.m. and have a potty break and fuel the vehicle. Then we are back on the road and they *fall asleep*…. dh drives until midnight when we find a truck stop for more fuel and coffee, and then I drive a few hours while dh sleeps. Once when I did this sans dh, I just kept driving until I got too sleepy, then pulled over and slept in a truck stop for 45 minutes or so, then kept on going. Yes, I know people don’t think it’s safe, but it is what it is.

We never have electronic things on our road trips, so mine have had to learn to do it the old fashioned way. We did a 3600 mile trip this summer with 3 boys ages 14, 12, and 11, in a Ford Escape hybrid, without ever using the A/C. We avoid the Interstate as you can’t see anything from the Interstate. We use the Interstate only during overnight drives. During the day we stick to state highways… they are much more interesting, the kids see the country, there are landmarks to ooh and ahh over and Historical Markers to pull over and check out and stretch legs. It makes the trip take a little longer but oh well. Now I’ve written all this it’s practically a blog post so I think I’ll copy it to my blog. Hahaha.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/traveling-with-teens-119/comment-page-1/#comment-79659 Cathy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:42:50 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/traveling-with-teens/#comment-79659 Drive while they are sleeping. Drive while they are sleeping.

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