Magical Vacations have two aspects , Magical vacations for us as adults and
magical vacations for the children . The interesting part is when children and
parents both have fun on a vacation then it becomes a truly magical vacation.
The reason for this is simple. During the day to day activity of an adult the
life is divided into compartments like office life ,domestic life, life with
colleagues, life spent in shopping for groceries or paying bills. The same happens with children either
they are so young that they cannot speak and express themselves completely or
busy with school, home work, friends ,co-curricular or extra classes like
dance,painting etc
So when do the children and the parents spend undiluted quality
time together? The answer is on a holiday. What if the holiday was only a
shopping destination where the mom is busy the entire day shopping. The kids
would only get bored and perhaps wonder why did they come on a holiday in the
first place. What if the destination has only activities for kids. Then the
parents would get bored and tied down with nothing much to do. So when a vacation
with kids is functional for both the kids and the parents and where both sets
of people have fun individually and as a team then the magic of the vacation
begins to unfold. A magical vacation strikes a balance of the interest and
activities related to the kids as well as those of the adults, that is the parents. Typically a balance vacation is one where the interest of
both the parents and the children are satisfied.
Children are a bundle of joy and energy . Being around
children is in itself magical there is so much to learn from them all the time.
When we are on a vacation we as parents get to spend more time with them so can
have some great time together. The only
caveat to the statement is that today’s children are a very intelligent lot,
well informed ,intelligent young lot who have their own opinions and like to
exercise their choices. So the parents have to keep in mind this aspect while choosing a
vacation destination. The destination should be children friendly and offer
some activities for them, this could be an activity center at the hotel or a resort.
Special breakfast or meals prepared specially for them . or the timing of the
visit can be in sync with some children centric activity for example at
Christmas time if there is a special Christmas Fair to celebrate the yuletide
spirit then it would surely enhance the fun factor for the children. Happy
children will be less fussy about food and less likely to trouble the parents.
Moreover for parents the children are
the focal point of their lives and when
they see the children enjoying the vacations then the true magic of a vacation
begins to unfold. Interestingly even children seem to enjoy more in activities
where their parents are in the vicinity or are their team members . Such
activities can be playing games like cricket or football or even a walk,walking hand
in hand with the children exploring the countryside learning much from them and in
turn telling them the names of the plants and the flowers.This is the moment we
all yearn for sharing the magical bounty of nature made more magical with each
others company.
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