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Questions and answers regarding your children and COVID-19

December 22, 2020 by kidstra

December 24, 2020 (Hi reader. Once again, an issue of KidsTravelDoc is devoted to COVID-19’s effect on children, rather than our usual subject, keeping kids healthy and safe for travel and related outdoor activities. Family travel has been pummeled by concerns over the pandemic. Hopefully, soon we will return to discussing, “Is air travel safe […]

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Schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic: The facts

November 17, 2020 by kidstra

(November 18, 2020. Hi Reader: We’re devoting this edition of KidsTravelDoc to help you cope with an important aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic: elementary schooling. Hopefully, we’ll soon return to our main – and more pleasurable – topic: helping you to keep families healthy, safe, and comfortable for travel and fresh air activities. ) 1.  […]

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Children/travel/illness/insurance: A Primer

March 21, 2015 by kidstra

An informal survey of several dozen parents planning major family trips showed that about half of them did not know whether their children (or themselves) are fully covered for all medical expenses incurred away from home. Many confessed that they have never read their insurance policies, not even the large print. Many were not familiar with penalties […]

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Families who vacation together do not necessarily remain together

July 4, 2014 by kidstra

For most families, travel and vacations are just what the doctor ordered to build family unity, broaden kid’s outlooks, and create memories for tomorrow. But think twice before planning vacations if you’re beset by serious marital problems, one of your children is experiencing a major meltdown or your teenager has his/her own agenda – agendas […]

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Children/Travel/ADHD/Medication

January 3, 2014 by kidstra

For children who take medication for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), is discontinuing their medication for travel a sensible option? Here are some thoughts: 1. You’re not alone in having to face this question.  One in ten American children have been labeled as having ADHD. Four to five million take medication. And the numbers are […]

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Surviving travel with hyperactive children

November 7, 2013 by kidstra

(This is Part One of a two-part series. The second part: Should ADHD medication be reduced/discontinued for travel, and summer camp?) Being with children who have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is never all fun and games. And being away from home with them tends to worsen their behavior, often ruining trips for the entire […]

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Children/Cold weather/travel/ Immune system

December 2, 2012 by kidstra
preventing colds in kids

Good news and bad news if you’re planning a family vacation this winter. The good news: You can prevent your kids from catching colds and ruining your plans.   It’s called isolation. Two weeks before your trip lock them in their rooms with all their paraphernalia. No school. No play dates. Enter their rooms infrequently and […]

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Children/Travel/Medication interactions/Adverse effects Part 1 of 2

December 11, 2011 by kidstra

Are you familiar with the harmful effects that may result from medications you give your children? That when you give more than one medication, the two may interact and cause adverse reactions not caused by one alone? That travel-related factors can cause additional interactions? (This is Part 1, one of a two-part series. Watch for […]

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Children/Travel/Illness/Paying the medical bills

November 24, 2011 by kidstra

There is an old saying that children always become ill at inopportune times. But are there opportune times?  Especially exasperating is when they choose family vacations for their illnesses. Worse, you then discover that your insurance policy does not reimburse you for medical expenses incurred away from home, provides no assistance in finding medical care, […]

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Children/Measles /Travel

March 4, 2011 by kidstra

Caution: travel is hazardous for children who are not fully immunized. And it doesn’t matter who is doing the traveling – your child or perfect strangers. • Example: Last month, a woman with a communicable case of measles traveled by air from London to New Mexico, stopping at airports in Baltimore, Denver, and Albuquerque. Similar […]

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