For families traveling with younger children, winter break can be the perfect opportunity to explore tide pools, ride a Ferris wheel, or visit a zoo. Families with teens might prefer surfing, hiking, shopping, rock climbing, or exploring a walkable downtown...
I wasn't entirely sure what Bali with kids would look like. I'd seen the photos. Rice terraces. Waterfalls. Swings over the jungle. Beaches that look like somebody got a little carried away with the saturation button. But there's a difference between looking at...
Sometimes, the best family memories happen when you’re technically supposed to be sleeping. In March 2025, a total lunar eclipse passed over Ohio in the middle of the night. I put my boys to bed like normal, then woke them back up so we could sneak out to a...
I had heard for years about the beauty and wonder of Europe's Christmas markets. But it wasn't until my family stood in an old town square full of lights, surrounded by wooden stalls and the smell of roasting nuts, that I really understood what everyone was...
There are so many great things to do in the state of Michigan with kids. I should know; I live here with my own kids. And the truth of the matter is, there are so many wonderful things to do that it is next to impossible to do them all while your kids are...
Packing for six people used to stress me out so much that I sometimes dreaded going on trips before the excitement kicked in. I will say that my ultimate family packing list for international travel is tailored to a trip that's always at least two weeks long,...