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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OO, your kid is a whining brat because you have allowed him to be this way.  There were five of us and my father was military and we knew from the getgo whining would only lead to time outs and a good swat on the bottom.

Children are born feral and it is up to parents to tame them and turn them into civilized people and you start this process on day one.[/quote]

It's a Von Trapp Family Vacation!

My kids were always crummy on vacation; they were out of their element and out of sorts, and it was harder to manage their bad moods with shared walls and not all of their stuff.

People talk about how their kids lovedvacations, how their happiest memories all revolve around vacations, and they'd tell us how we needed to take our vacation at the beach/on a cruise/in Europe blah blah blah, by which they meant that's what worked for them. But sheesh, not everyone likes those things. Not everyone likes traveling.

I remember coming back from a particularly gruesome vacation and taking the kids to their back-to-school checkups, and we were cracking each other up and just howling with laughter, and and I thought, crap, a windowless room with a paper-covered exam table and we're like Happy Sitcom Family, but a resort with a kids' club and I become Madagascar Hissing Mommy. Maybe we should vacation at the pediatrician's.

I occasionally travel with a friend, and we have a great time. My kids used to ask if they could come, and I'd tell them about the days filled with museums and nights filled with theater, and they'd decide to stay home. Better for everyone, really.[/quote]

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