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By the time August arrives, summer can suddenly feel as though it’s running out of room. School supplies appear in stores, calendars begin filling with practices and appointments, and parents start thinking about everything that needs to happen before the first day of school. After spending months looking forward to summer, families can find themselves … Read more

Childhood has a funny way of attaching itself to places. Ask someone where they spent their summers growing up, and they probably won’t begin by listing every family vacation they ever took. Instead, they’ll tell you about one place. It might have been a grandparent’s house, a family cabin, a campground, a lake, or even … Read more

Parents spend a surprising amount of time trying to make summer memorable. We plan vacations months in advance, fill calendars with activities, and search for new places our children might enjoy. It comes from a good place. Childhood passes quickly, and every parent wants to make the most of the time they have. The funny … Read more

When summer traditions come around, parents are encouraged to create a “Summer Bucket List” full of places to visit, attractions to experience, and activities to check off before school starts again. The idea is well intentioned. Nobody wants to look back on the season and feel like they missed an opportunity to make memories with … Read more

Ask a group of adults about their favorite childhood summers, and you’ll hear an interesting pattern emerge. One person remembers chasing fireflies until it was too dark to see. Someone else talks about riding a bike around the neighborhood until dinner was ready. Another remembers evenings spent around a campfire with family, telling stories and … Read more

For many families, summer begins with the best of intentions. School lets out, the evenings stretch a little longer, and everyone imagines life slowing down for a while. It feels like the season should naturally create more time together, more evenings outside, and more opportunities to enjoy the things that seem impossible to fit into … Read more

For parents, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the biggest vacation will also be the most memorable. Every advertisement seems to promise the same thing: bigger resorts, bigger attractions, bigger adventures, and bigger memories. It’s a message that’s hard to ignore, especially when you’re trying to make the most of the … Read more

Every parent hopes their children will look back on summer with fond memories. We want them to remember family vacations, afternoons spent outside, evenings around a campfire, and the feeling that summer was a little different from the rest of the year. At the same time, it’s easy to wonder whether we’re doing enough. Between … Read more

Family vacations are usually planned around one question: “What will the kids enjoy?” It’s a fair question. Parents want their children to have fun, make memories, and experience something different from everyday life. But in the middle of all that planning, it’s easy to forget that parents need something from a vacation, too. They need … Read more

One of the challenges of traveling with young children is that parents never quite know how their kids will respond to a new environment. Some children jump out of the car and immediately start exploring. Others stay close to mom and dad for a while, quietly taking everything in before deciding whether they like where … Read more