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	Family Trip: Terror or Triumph?

ronhuxley

9-14-2009 5:13 PM

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family trip, parent, parenting, travel, travel with kids, trip, vacation

ronhuxley says:

There is a joke about how a trip is travel with kids and a vacation is without. There aren't necessarily the same! Personally, I have had great trips (with kids) and I have had very bad ones. Here's some simple steps to help you make your "trip" more successful.

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