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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you going? 
My parents town is like this and they stay inside most of the day. When I roll into town, I put all the breakables on a high shelf and make sure there is  no obvious danger (asked my dad where he keeps his gun). Then we get up and say, today the kids and I are going for a walk, we'll come home and color/do a puzzle, watch tv and go get ice cream after dinner. Tomorrow I'm taking them to the zoo. Would you like to join us? Then just do you and let the parents do what they do. Make it work or don't go. [/quote]

OP here.  I am going because they have been constantly nagging me for 3 years to bring him to come visit.  I have no familiarity with this town or the area (my parents retired there 10 years ago from the midwest) so I really don't feel comfortable driving around there on my own with a toddler.  Besides watching a ton of TV there they have very little to do in their area.  No pool, nothing to walk to (they live in the mountains and their town is a 20 minute drive away).  No sidewalks, small neighborhood, no kids in the neighborhood.

The thought of entertaining a cranky, jet lagged 3 year old for 12 hours a day with no help (and very little toys) sounds exhausting.  Yes, we will bring a suitcase full of toys and I will stop at Target on the way there but I don't know how long to go (a week seems too long, but 3 days given the distance seems too short).[/quote]

Download a navigation app and drive him places. Some of the things you are saying are ridiculous.[/quote]

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