Traveling with children is never all fun and games. Just like at home, prepare for mishaps and illnesses.
1. Make sure your children are healthy before leaving home.
This helps minimize illnesses away from home. Are they due for routine checkups? Do they have minor illnesses which may worsen while traveling, stomach aches or upper respiratory [...]

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When you travel, drinking lots of water helps you stay fit – as long as the water is fit to drink. Being well hydrated helps counteract some of the vagaries of travel: fatigue and jet lag, altitude, and hot and cold environments, to mention a few. Minimal dehydration occurs even before you feel thirsty, subtly [...]

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