We’re a family of four with teens (17 and 18) and we’ve always loved traveling together. Lately though, their schedules make it hard to go as often as we’d like.
They’re responsible, we have family nearby, and practically speaking we’d feel fine leaving them home. But emotionally? I feel torn. Part of me worries they’ll “miss out” if we go somewhere big without them.
We’d absolutely still plan trips together when schedules line up. I just keep thinking about adding an extra trip here and there for us while we can.
If you’ve been in this phase, how did you make that shift? Did it feel weird the first time? Or freeing?
I love traveling and my bucket list is long… just struggling with the idea of doing some of it without them.
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