Travel with Kids: How to Face the Museum in Summer

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  06.26.08 | 10:43 AM ET

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Emily Bazelon admits that she’s not one for exposing her kids to heavy cultural programming on vacation—most of the time. But, she writes in Slate’s summer vacation special issue, “on this particular Sunday, I was also feeling the prick of inadvertent peer pressure: a friend’s offhand comment that her kids had been to the FDR Memorial more times than she could count. Whereas mine had been there never.” The resulting field trip has mixed results—and Bazelon shares some lessons learned in her essay.

Tags: Cheap Travel, Family Travel, Museums, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


1 Comment for Travel with Kids: How to Face the Museum in Summer

Stephanie 09.30.08 | 6:35 PM ET

Very nice! Looks good :)

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