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Vacationing with adult children is a whole new world–from getting to know them (and their habits) all over again to issues over who's paying for what and who's making the decisions. I'll be blogging about that all summer long, but meanwhile there's this story by a dad who's a professional traveler–he was escorting a large tour on a worldwide trip and brought his adult daughter along. He doesn't describe any pain in traveling with his now-grown daughter–just the wonder at her wonder at seeing the world's greatest sights.

He starts off witih his most trenchant point:"One reality most families eventually deal with is
that when your kids grow up, graduate from college and begin a life of
their own, it is easy to grow apart, particularly if they live a
distance away. They have their own friends,
interests and want their independence. It is a rare opportunity to have
them set aside a few weeks to just be with you."

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