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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand- the kids are teens. Send them to the pool if they don’t want to nap.

It not at all that are stuck with the kids; the teens want a little rope.

You are mad because you think he gets a break and you don’t. But since the kids aren’t babies, this t even an issue.[/quote]

Only one of them is a teen. See OP's PP about them not being old enough to be at the pool alone.[/quote]

An 11 is old enough to quietly occupy themselves.[/quote]

You keep saying this but still haven’t said what they should actually be doing during that time? when we’re on vacation, we don’t have to fill every minute w activities and we do build in down time/screen or reading or napping time but 2 hrs a day of that is kind of a lot. The vacation is only 1 week. [/quote]
Reading? Watching tv or a movie? Writing in a journal? Napping themselves? Going on a photography hunt? Researching where to go for dinner? Looking up the planned activity for tomorrow? Good lord, if your 11/13 yo can't entertain themselves for a few hours you have failed as a parent. [/quote]

It’s not that they can’t entertain themselves for a few hours, it’s that vacation is the one time where our family has uninterrupted time together—no work, no school, no birthday parties, no soccer games or piano lessons, just our family enjoying each other’s company.

It would be sad if we spent 2 hrs a day of that precious time all entertaining ourselves [b](which we do at home plenty[/b])[/quote]
And OPs DH would prefer to relax, since he doesn't get that at home. Just because you go on vacation together doesnt mean you can't have some time apart or do your own thing. Cant you find a compromise somewhere here?[/quote]

Sounds like he does get to relax at home. He just doesn't like family time. [/quote]

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