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15 and Vacations With Your Kids: Family Travel Articles, Tips, & Guides
ARTICLES AND TIPS ABOUT 15: 15 Family Vacations and Trips with Your Kids
A NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK - The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark arrived in Copenhagen on Sunday August 15 and he is scoping out the country before his official September 9 start.
HISTORIC RT 66 RUN - 5K IN NORTHERN AZ - The Williams Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Maine Consolidated School Parent/Teacher Organization, is hosting the inaugural "Parks in the Pines 5K", May 1st, along historic Route 66 in Parks, located about 15 miles west of Flagstaff, Arizona.
HISTORIC RT 66 RUN - 5K IN NORTHERN AZ - The Williams Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Maine Consolidated School Parent/Teacher Organization, is hosting the inaugural "Parks in the Pines 5K", May 1st, along historic Route 66 in Parks, located about 15 miles west of Flagstaff, Arizona.
TALES FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM - Tales from the emergency room She was 15 years old and pregnant -- and her mother was 275 pounds of fury.
SLEEP TROUBLES OF YOUNG CHILDREN STUDIED - Sleep Troubles of Young Children Studied Once upon a time, not very long ago, experts and lay people alike tended to see post-toddlers and preteens as excellent sleepers. Over about the past 15 years, though, research has suggested that the untroubled sleep of elementary-school-age children is something of a fairy tale...
THE EUROPEAN MODEL - The European Model In Sweden, parents have a right to 15 months' paid parental leave. Can we have that in the U.S.?
FIFTEEN REASONS TO ADOPT - Fifteen Reasons to Adopt Here are 15 reasons why adoption is preferable to assisted reproductive technology (ART).
CANAL PLUS - Canal Plus The narrowband way to take in the British countryside Over the past 15 years, more than $935 million has been invested in canal restoration, so today visitors can rediscover the joys of a bygone pace of life in city and countryside alike.
US AIRWAYS JOINS STAR ALLIANCE - US Airways Joins Star Alliance Struggling US Airways has officially joined the Star Alliance network, hoping the long-awaited connection will add needed dollars to its bottom line. Now, Dividend Miles members are able to accrue and redeem miles on any of the 15 member airlines.
FOOD CHAIN - Food Chain Located near Edam and Gouda, Alkmaar hosted one of the world's largest and longest-running cheese markets. The commercial trade ceased 15 years ago, but the frantic buying and selling is re-enacted every Friday from April to September for more than 100,000 tourists annually.
USA: TAKE OFF ON AMERICA'S AVIATION ADVENTURE. - With the summer family vacation on the horizon this is an adventure option worth a look. A group of 15 aviation museums and sites in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and North Carolina have a plan well-suited to family vacations.
MONGOLIA: GOBI DESERT, THREE CAMEL LODGE GER CAMP. - Nomadic Expeditions offers a stunning wilderness outpost that indulges guests with traditional Nomadic accommodations and luxurious western-style amenities. The recent addition of 15 new handmade deluxe "gers" with western-style amenities expands the options for guests. They're the only gers of their kind at any ger camp in Mongolia.
DESTINATIONS: KAMAKURA : GETTING THERE - Unless you enjoy changing trains and exploring wrong-way turns in strange stations, the easiest way to get to Kamakura is via the Japan Railways (JR) Yokosuka Line, which takes about an one hour and costs 890 Yen from Tokyo Station to Kamakura. Tokyo Station is huge and confusing. The trains you want leave about every 15 minutes from Track 1, 2 or sometimes 3 in the underground of Marunouchi side of the Station. Signage is poor in all languages, but the Yokosuka Line is usually marked in light blue.
DESTINATIONS: HAWAII NOT FREE BUT WORTH DOING: BISHOP MUSEUM - From Kuhio Avenue heading away from Diamond Head, board the 2 School Street-Middle Street bus and ride to School Street and Kapalama Avenue. Walk toward the ocean on Kapalama Avenue one block to Bernice Street. To return, stand on School Street in the opposite direction from where you alighted and board the 2 Waikiki-Kapiolani Park bus. Buses run about 10- 15 minutes apart.
TANZANIA AT 15 M.P.H. - THE sun is sinking, the air is cooling and our legs are pumping up and down, ...
HISTORIC RT 66 RUN - 5K IN NORTHERN AZ - The Williams Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Maine Consolidated School Parent/Teacher Organization, is hosting the inaugural "Parks in the Pines 5K", May 1st, along historic Route 66 in Parks, located about 15 miles west of Flagstaff, Arizona.
A NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK - The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark arrived in Copenhagen on Sunday August 15 and he is scoping out the country before his official September 9 start.
DESTINATIONS: KAMAKURA : GETTING THERE - Unless you enjoy changing trains and exploring wrong-way turns in strange stations, the easiest way to get to Kamakura is via the Japan Railways (JR) Yokosuka Line, which takes about an one hour and costs 890 Yen from Tokyo Station to Kamakura. Tokyo Station is huge and confusing. The trains you want leave about every 15 minutes from Track 1, 2 or sometimes 3 in the underground of Marunouchi side of the Station. Signage is poor in all languages, but the Yokosuka Line is usually marked in light blue.
DESTINATIONS: HAWAII NOT FREE BUT WORTH DOING: BISHOP MUSEUM - From Kuhio Avenue heading away from Diamond Head, board the 2 School Street-Middle Street bus and ride to School Street and Kapalama Avenue. Walk toward the ocean on Kapalama Avenue one block to Bernice Street. To return, stand on School Street in the opposite direction from where you alighted and board the 2 Waikiki-Kapiolani Park bus. Buses run about 10- 15 minutes apart.
DESTINATIONS: KAMAKURA : GETTING THERE - Unless you enjoy changing trains and exploring wrong-way turns in strange stations, the easiest way to get to Kamakura is via the Japan Railways (JR) Yokosuka Line, which takes about an one hour and costs 890 Yen from Tokyo Station to Kamakura. Tokyo Station is huge and confusing. The trains you want leave about every 15 minutes from Track 1, 2 or sometimes 3 in the underground of Marunouchi side of the Station. Signage is poor in all languages, but the Yokosuka Line is usually marked in light blue.
DESTINATIONS: HAWAII NOT FREE BUT WORTH DOING: BISHOP MUSEUM - From Kuhio Avenue heading away from Diamond Head, board the 2 School Street-Middle Street bus and ride to School Street and Kapalama Avenue. Walk toward the ocean on Kapalama Avenue one block to Bernice Street. To return, stand on School Street in the opposite direction from where you alighted and board the 2 Waikiki-Kapiolani Park bus. Buses run about 10- 15 minutes apart.
FOREIGN ADOPTIONS - Genesis Adoptions is able to provide their adoptive parents with the best of both worlds: the warmth and personalized attention of a small adoption agency, with the realibility and extraordinary knowledge of excellent international facilitators. Genesis Adoptions is able to offer their families very strong adoption programs and have placed hundreds of children in loving homes for more than 15 years.
REFORM A PICKY EATER - In their offices at universities across the country, the nation's best nutrition researchers spend months conducting the experiments and tabulating the data that you hear summarized in 15 seconds on the evening news: How much stronger will an extra glass of milk a day make a child's bones? Does fish boost brainpower in babies? What are the health benefits of whole grains? But their real challenge doesn't begin until they go home. Just like your kids, many of their sons and daughters prefer soda to milk, white bread to whole wheat, and potato chips to carrot sticks. The researchers' one advantage: As part of their job, they can come up with clever ways to help kids (including their own) make healthier choices. From a surefire strategy to slip whole grains into your child's breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the fish almost every kid will love, four leading nutrition experts share the secrets of their successful homework. Take notes!
CONFESSIONS OF A PEDIATRICIAN - Two years ago, my wife, Kate, and I experienced the most important event of our lives: the birth of our first child, Bess, a healthy, beautiful little girl. And despite my 15 years as a pediatrician -- I even wrote a book on baby care -- I'm still humbly discovering that I'm hardly an expert when it comes to adapting to my daughter.
SECRETS OF A SUPERNANNY - By now, most parents have heard of Supernanny, the reality-TV show in which a British nanny teaches naughty children (and their often clueless parents) how to behave. Jo Frost, a nanny with 15 years' experience, has become a celebrity. Her book, Supernanny: How to Get the Best From Your Children, spent 17 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list last year. And her show -- in which Frost spends two weeks with a family, observing parents and coaching them on how to raise their kids -- now airs in 47 countries. But Frost, 35, has her share of critics, who complain that Supernanny exploits children, offers simplistic advice, and makes American families look more dysfunctional than they are. Why does Frost think her show has become so popular -- and controversial? What exactly is her method for disciplining children, and does she truly believe it's possible for parents to transform their families in two weeks, as the TV show suggests? In a recent interview, Frost answered those questions for Child.
