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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read the book Die With Zero[/quote]

But actually read it because the title is not meant the way people think.

We take 2 big trips a year with our two teens. I’d love to travel more, but they are busy and don’t want to be away all the time so we respect their wishes. If your kids are ok with being gone a lot, lucky you![/quote]

If you can trust your teens/have friends or family who can stay with them, then you leave them home to do school and all their activities and you travel as a couple.  We did this extensively since kids were in ES, and it gets easier as they are more independent.  By time oldest could drive (they are 4 years apart), we were leaving them home for the 7-10 days with the oldest in charge, and friends checking in/assisting as needed (if the younger missed the bus, etc).  This helped lead to very independent teens who are responsible and now independent adults.  
Now we did get somewhat lucky that we could trust our kids not to drink all the booze, not to have a party and/or trash the house.  But a good part of that is due to parenting (not all, some is luck).  We raised our kids to be more independent a little at a time, with them knowing we trusted them and they got more privileges as long as they managed it, if they didn't we would reign it back in (rarely had to do that).  [/quote]

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