From Backpack to Baby Bottles: How Kids Hijacked Travel
Once a globe-trotting nomad with 'nothing but a backpack and a guidebook,' parenthood turned spontaneous escapades into slow travel marathons. The author wistfully admits, 'My kids have shown me the value of slowing down'ânow lingering at the Colosseum instead of speed-running it like Olympic site hunters. Trading wild wanderlust for playlist predictability, the family discovered that fun means Turkish ice cream antics and Gladiator School battles, proving that kids donât just kill your sleep, but your free spirit wandering too.
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Spontaneous globetrotter turned human jungle gym: parenthood, or as they call it, 'slow travel with tiny dictators.' Nothing like your kids teaching you patience by making every vacation feel like a hostage negotiation.
Remember when travel meant exploring the world, not pitching a tent in the museum gift shop because little Timmyâs had it up to here? Kids: the real travel influencersâfor misery and mayhem.
Traveling with kids teaches you the ancient art of slow. Slow walking, slow eating, and slow losing your mind as you trade trophies for tantrums.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/2/2025 | Author: Jamie Davis Smith
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