Summer vacation is usually one of the things humans remember the most when they become adults, especially if your family has a fun vacation tradition or does something extraordinary during this time. Lara Lillibridge recaps how she intends to give her kids a summer like she experienced when she was young. She puts emphasis on not over-scheduling activities, makes sure to free up her responsibilities map and touches on slowing down in world that is constantly pressuring us to do more than we ever could.

Key Takeaways:

• Experts say that boredom is necessary for children to develop properly and hear their own inner voices.
• A parent who isn’t signing their kids up for every activity might feel that they are neglecting them, but this is not the case.
• By being bored, a kid might deepen a friendship, or run a lemonade stand, or do something else that they wouldn’t have otherwise had time to do.

“What my kids need is to come up with their own plans. I need to sit back and let them tell me what they need.”

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