How Much Should You Plan Your Holidays Around the Kids?
Happyish kids, happyish holiday. Or at least not a terrible, stressful one.
Are we there yet? I’m hungry. This is boring. Can we go yet?
Every parent knows the pain of the holiday that turns into a whinge-fest from the mouths of the young and dissatisfied.
It leads weary parents to compromise to the point of self-sacrifice in planning a holiday the kids will enjoy. How many times do you want to be buried in the sand? Do you really want to spend hours splashing in a knee deep pool? Or queuing for hot-dogs when you hate hot-dogs?
The theory is sound: Happyish kids, happyish holiday. Or at least not a terrible, stressful one.
But how far should you go in accommodating your children’s interests (and penchant for boredom) at the expense of your own needs?
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.” — Ludwig Erhard
The art of compromise
A long time ago I worked with a father of two young boys who hated doing kid-friendly activities.
