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6 Ways to Keep Your Kids Happy in the Car

What's the best way to get kids ready for a long car ride?

What's the best way to get kids ready for a long car ride?

The upcoming Memorial Day holiday means many families will be traveling, and the preferred method of transportation seems to be by car. According to a AAA survey, 90 percent of travelers over the 2012-2013 year-end holiday traveled by car. That's 84.4 million people — and 26.7 percent of the total US population! 

Not surprisingly, many Circle of Moms members are seeking advice on keeping kids happily occupied while buckled up. If you're headed on a long car trip soon, keep reading for six road-trip tips from well-traveled Circle of Moms members.

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5 Items For Easy Traveling With Toddlers

Expect the unexpected! This seems to be the motto for moms traveling with tots.

Expect the unexpected! This seems to be the motto for moms traveling with tots. From hand sanitizer and baby wipes to baby's favorite lovey, mamas know that when traveling with a toddler, it's always better to be overprepared.

Check out these five helpful items for easy traveling with tots and set out on your next vacation care-free!

Poll

Would You Still Vacation With Your Parents?

Going to your parents' house for a long weekend can overwhelm, so it might be hard to imagine a full-on vacation with them.

Going to your parents' house for a long weekend can overwhelm, so it might be hard to imagine a full-on vacation with them. But if the location is compelling and the expenses paid, even the skeptics might be persuaded.

The stigma of traveling with parents into your 20s, even 30s, seems to be disappearing as vacation-poor young adults realize a trip with mom and dad is better than none at all. In England, unemployment and student loans are the two most oft-cited reasons that four in 10 men and one in three women vacationed with parents in the last year.

Would you still take a family vacation, or is that trip over?