Cruise ships/Children/Intestinal diseases/Norovirus Should the frequent outbreaks of intestinal illnesses aboard cruise ships deter you from taking your family on a vacation at sea?  Our thoughts at the end of the article. (This is the second of a three-part series. Our previous posting: Children/Cruise ships/Health and safety. Our next posting: Intestinal diseases/Children/Treatment and preventing spread.) [...]

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Of the 14 million passengers who sailed from American ports last year, 1.5 million were children. Families are the biggest growth segment for cruise ship companies. Every ship being designed has children in mind. Some ships are planned entirely for families. (Some adults without children are clamoring for adult-only voyages; children have overtaken ships, especially [...]

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This is Part 2 of a two part series. To read Part 1, please click here. You need not be under suspicion of possessing narcotics to be hassled by security and customs inspectors at airports. Families have been hassled for merely carrying everyday, over-the-counter medications, have had the medications confiscated, missed their flights and, very [...]

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Thank you for making our website, KidsTravelDoc and our newsletter, TenTips the sources for keeping kids healthy and safe for travel and outdoor recreational activities. TenTips has almost 7,000 subscribers in about 55 countries. Our articles frequently make the top five references on Google. In fact, we have many more readers than subscribers. Many of [...]

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Motor vehicle-related accidents – not illnesses – are the biggest threat for families traveling overseas. While illnesses occur far more frequently – and children are especially susceptible – most illnesses are minor. On the other hand, injuries, whether to car occupants or pedestrians, are the leading cause of death of Americans overseas and of British [...]

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Just when you thought that you knew all you had to know about children’s car safety seats, the experts come up with a slew of new recommendations, forcing you to rethink what you were sure that you already knew. 1. The new recommendations:  Children should ride in rear-facing safety seats until they are two years [...]

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Update on Children/Vacations* Unreasonable parental expectations and poor parental planning mar more family vacations than obstinate children. While traveling with kids will always have its ups and downs, savvy parents can keep the inevitable squabbles down to a manageable few. Here is what you should know: Your primary goal should be kids having fun. Family [...]

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• Infants are the only items on an aircraft that need not be battened down for takeoff, turbulence and landing.  In case of severe turbulence or survivable crashes, an unrestrained 20-pound (9 kilos) infant sitting on your lap effectively and instantaneously becomes a 300-pound weight  (136 kilos) that you cannot restrain. Such infants have hit the ceiling of [...]

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You’re planning to take your family to Disneyworld: parents, two children, one in fourth grade, the other in second. You are as anxious to go as they are: you’re feeling guilty. Lately you’ve spent too little time with them because of your work schedules. You find a package that seems too good to be true: [...]

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Skip your hot tea and coffee when flying with young children – and hope that passengers in adjacent seats do the same. Every year hundreds of passengers, many of them children, are burned by such beverages spilling on them. The combination of hot drinks, crowding, turbulence, and children is a formula for an accident waiting [...]

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