When Mom Leaves Town
Does it seem like just as much work to leave your kids behind for a couple of days as not to go in the first place?\xa0Do your instructions for family operational procedures during your absence run more than five pages?\xa0\nGetting away from our kids\u2014for work, for the weekend, for a friend\u2019s 40th\u2014isn\u2019t just good for us. It\u2019s also an opportunity for our kids to realize that \u201conly Mommy\u201d stuff they pull when we\u2019re around is not as necessary as they might have thought.\nMargaret and Amy discuss:\n\nWhy our kids may behave better when we aren\u2019t around\xa0(and why it's not a bad thing)\n\nWhy the best time to call your kids when you travel is in the morning\n\nHow the instructions you leave behind can change as your kids grow\n\n\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:\n\nKari Bodnarchuk for The Boston Globe: Preparing Kids for When a Parent Travels\n\n\nSmart Women Travelers: Keeping Mom\u2019s Business Trip from Being Mom\u2019s Guilt Trip\n\n\nOur episode "We Forgot What Little Kids Were Like"\n\n\nKara Williams has great advice for vacationing with kids of all ages\n\n\nWhat Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can\u2019t wait to go back on the road!\xa0https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour\n\ufeff\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, travel\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices