The Temperament and Travel series moves on today to take a look at the final major temperament trait, Attention Span, and how it can influence family travel dynamics. Do either of these characteristics sound like your young traveler? Attention Span: Focused vs. Distractible Very Distractible – Is your child easily distracted from the activity at…
Today we continue the bi-weekly advice series on “Temperament and Travel” with advice for travel with the “Positive” child. Why on earth would anyone need advice about traveling with a “Positive” child? After all, most destinations and activities are perfectly fine with this child, especially since it probably wouldn’t occur to her that she might not…
Lighten up! Today the Temperament and Travel series turns its focus on the trait of Mood, which becomes a key player when children (like grownups!) come into this world just naturally closer to one end of the mood spectrum or the other. Do either of these sound like your little traveler? Mood: Positive vs. Negative…
The Temperament and Travel series returns to the trait of Sensitivity–this time with a look at travel with the Low-Sensitivity child (click here for the previous post on Travel with the Highly Sensitive Child). A quick look back at the opposite ends of the Sensitivity spectrum: Sensitivity: High Sensitivity vs. Low Sensitivity Highly sensitive –…
The Temperament and Travel series moves on to take a look at another temperament trait that deserves much thoughtfulness during travel: Sensitivity. As with each of the major temperament traits, most of us fall somewhere in between distant ends of this trait, but if your child skews much more toward the Highly Sensitive end or…
If you’ve been following the Temperament and Travel series so far, “Travel with the Mellow Child” may sound like a walk in the park. You might even be thinking to yourself now THAT is a temperament trait not even worth featuring in a post. But if you have a mellow child in your brood, you…