Raising children

Yes, raising children can sometimes seem like rolling the stone up the hill, only for it to roll down again, every time. (The punishment of Sisyphus, Greek Mythology, sad story.) Keeping children’s rooms tidy-supper-every-night-washing-staying on-top-of-the school-timetable and-out-of school-timetable can seem like Wally and his solar powered tasks.

But this is why, it is so important to step out of the spin.  Becoming adventurers. It’s about making time. You don’t even have to put on your Sunday clothes, just your out door  clothes, stepping out and maybe having your picture took. How easy it that?

MAGIC BEANS

From an article for the Daily Telegraph by Adrian Phillips on, “Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children”, published by Bradt Travel Guides.

Parenthood doesn’t mean abandoning itinerant instincts: that, with the right attitude, even the most intrepid travel is possible with your family, and that the experiences of traveling in childhood can shape personality and inspire lives”. He goes on to say, “travel is a portal to some of the most precious times that families can spend together”.