![]() You try to fathom the stock market, you argue with the cable company about the reception. In the evenings, you fold clothes, mow the lawn, make plans for a bedroom in the basement for your growing teen. They might as well stick a vacuum cleaner in your pocket."ĭoes that leave for a thinking parent? You work every day. we create these bizarre, artificial, fenced-off environments for families traveling with kids," says Dan Hallinan, co-owner with his wife, Wendy, of Travelling With Children, a San Francisco family-travel agency. The water is as hot as - you guessed it - and as packed as a trout hatchery. "Can we ask someone to turn down the music?" my nephew asks quietly, clearly defeated, holding his arms out in hopes of the mildest breeze.įorty minutes later we find the wave pool at the opposite end of the park. We're clutching Big Gulp-size watery lemonades, desperately sucking at the bent straws, praying for relief from the relentless sun and the speakers hidden in every shrub that have been blaring songs like "It's a Small World After All" at piercing decibels since 8 a.m. ![]() It's 105 degrees, and I'm walking with a 10-year-old boy on the searing pavement at Sea World in San Antonio. ![]() ![]() (Above photo by Curtis Compton, below by Lucian Perkins/The Washington Post) Among European cities, Venice is a kids' favorite: Not only are there domes and arches and pigeons and water to explore, the entire city smells like a creek. Above: In Atlanta, you can learn to climb trees with your kids. ![]()
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