| Traveling with children can sometimes be a | | | | Often times children (starting at 10years or so) |
| challenge. They may not always want to go | | | | will begin developing "lives of their own" and may |
| where the grown ups do. There are many great | | | | really not want to travel. They might not want |
| and beautiful places that many visitors frequent | | | | any part of it. They would rather "hang out" with |
| that may not be so appealing to our children. The | | | | their friends and do "nothing". Most times the |
| best way around a fussy youth is to provide as | | | | other parents don't mind letting their kids tag |
| many of the luxuries of home as possible. For | | | | along on a camping trip as long as they're |
| example; most kids own some kind of video | | | | comfortable with the people going on the trip. Ask |
| game system. Provide them with a way to bring | | | | if the child's friend might be allowed to go too. |
| it along. Hook up a 12 volt power inverter so that | | | | Now the kids are super excited and most likely |
| they can power their gaming stations. | | | | are more than willing to go. |
| These are often easily hooked up to portable | | | | Our children don't seem to get enough experience |
| televisions. The power inverter that will be needed | | | | anymore before becoming little adults. Nature trips |
| to power the video game station should be | | | | are a great way to help educate our children. All |
| relatively small and easy to hookup. Most will just | | | | too often a child will throw a candy wrapper out |
| plug right into a cigarette lighter socket in the | | | | the window without thinking that it may kill one of |
| vehicle and will provide enough 110V power to | | | | the few raccoons that still live around him or her. |
| supply a video game station. Presto! There is now | | | | Camping is just a great way of helping our |
| a entertained child. | | | | children become great people. |
| If there is internet and a portable computer on | | | | Traveling with children can be a great experience |
| hand they might enjoy finding historical information | | | | or a trip from hades. A few things that can make |
| about the area or attraction to be visited. Often | | | | ANY trip better (admit it or not) is coffee, |
| times the "thrill of the hunt" for information is | | | | television and games. Make sure that there is |
| often enough to get the kiddies interested. Once | | | | plenty of good coffee for the adults and plenty |
| they're hooked the next challenge is to keep | | | | for the kids to do. |
| them interested. If that fails, improvise! | | | | |