Dear Queenie,
Last year my husband and I and our two teenagers went to visit my mother during summer vacation. Now she thinks we should do this every year, but there are other places we want to go and we only have just so many vacation days.
Then Mom said why not just send the kids to visit her during their summer vacation, which would give us sort of a vacation even if we didn’t have time off from work, and we could use our vacation days to go somewhere we might not want to take the kids, but my husband isn’t keen on letting the kids go alone.
Queenie, do you think this is a good idea?—Protective mother
Dear Mother,
Assuming your mother is capable of taking proper care of the children, yes. And if they are too young to travel alone, take them to your mother’s home, drop them off with her and go on to enjoy your vacation – honeymoon-style – without them. I am sure the children will equally enjoy a vacation with their grandmother without you hovering over them.
