Children Traveling With Family or Friends
Sometimes it’s necessary to allow your child to travel with a close friend or family member. Maybe Grandmom is spending the summer in Europe and wants to take the grandkids along for a trip of their lifetime. Or, perhaps your child’s best friend is going to the beach during a school break and have invited your child along. These kind of trips are usually more stressful for parents than children.
To alleviate your concern, speak to the adult who will be in charge during the trip. Be clear on any conditions you may have regarding the trip. Maybe Grandmom can take Suzie to Europe to visit family, but you want to her to be with Grandmom the entire time, no babysitters, even family, allowed. Make these kinds of wishes clear.
If your child has food allergies or a medical condition, spend time teaching the responsible adult about the condition. Send written materials with the adult and make sure they have all emergency numbers and medication.
Share any medication information with the responsible adult, as well. Educate them on side effects and things to watch for.
Get a detailed itinerary from the responsible adult. You will feel much better if you know well in advance where your child will be going and where they will be staying. If they will be staying with friends or family overseas, call and speak to those people before your child leaves. This is especially important if you have never met these family members.
Be sure to give the responsible adult medical power of attorney over your child for the duration of the trip. Nothing is more upsetting than getting a call from a hospital out of country that your child has been injured or is ill, but they can’t provide medical treatment until you arrive on the premises.
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Some of my best experiences as a child were taking trips with family members. I love my parents, but it’s nice to get away from the regular family.
I do agree with letting the children travel with close friends or relatives. However, as a mother, honestly I’m kinda reluctant in doing this (atleast for now). It’s just that I think my children is quite young maybe next year when my eldest son turns to 7 then he can go with his bestfriend or to his grandmas house.
Great advice but I’m not brave enough to let my child travel without me. I even struggle to leave her with a baby sitter.
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You’re right. Entrust your child to a very reliable friend or other family members when you allow them to travel. Moreover, traveling depends upon what the purpose is. If for business, it’s not practical to entrust your children to go along with them. But if it is for pleasure, it’s okay to let the kids go. If possible, with the parents of course.
I let my boy going with my sister many times. They seem to have lots of fun together. Some of your points are very useful. I’ll share those with my sister to make sure about everything. Thanks
I am traveling to Tokyo with my family and kid this year. Thanks for the tips this will help a lot while traveling.