{"id":7026250,"date":"2026-08-04T04:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/wandering-pod-in-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:52:12","slug":"wandering-pod-in-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7026250","title":{"rendered":"Wandering Pod in The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2740\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wanderingpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180601_170344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2740\" data-attachment-id=\"2740\" src=\"https:\/\/wanderingpod.com\/wandering-pod-in-the-washington-post\/20180601_170344\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wanderingpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180601_170344-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG-SM-G930A&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1527872624&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00510204081633&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20180601_170344\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tip No. 1: Have potty will road trip.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wanderingpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180601_170344-scaled-1030x773.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2740\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tip No. 1: Have potty will road trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite this very blog, despite the fact that I\u2019ve now parented THREE human children, I often forget I\u2019m an \u201cexpert\u201d on the subject of family travel. To me, a lot of this stuff is just life. It\u2019s how we roll.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and again, however, I\u2019m reminded that people actually look to me for perspective. Such as earlier this week, when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/on-parenting\/are-we-there-yet-how-to-have-less-chaos-and-more-fun-on-that-family-road-trip\/2018\/06\/18\/ca84af38-6989-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?utm_term=.193648e9cc96\">reporter for <em>The Washington Post<\/em> featured me in her \u201cOn Parenting\u201d article<\/a> about tips for surviving summer road trips with kids.<\/p>\n<p>The piece, titled, \u201cHow to conquer 4 common road trip challenges to have less chaos and more fun,\u201d appeared online yesterday. I believe it will appear in print this coming weekend.<\/p>\n<p>When I did the interview, I thought I might be one of 10 or 12 \u201cexperts\u201d she was interviewing for the piece. Turns out I ended up being one of two central voices in the story. The other source: a super-smart woman named Lynne Ticknor, education director of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pepparent.org\/\">Parenting Education Program\u00a0<\/a>in Kensington, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the story provides a cornucopia of tips for making family road trips easier. I share a bunch of tidbits I previously have offered here. It\u2019s pretty neat to see them all organized into one single piece.<\/p>\n<p>Please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/on-parenting\/are-we-there-yet-how-to-have-less-chaos-and-more-fun-on-that-family-road-trip\/2018\/06\/18\/ca84af38-6989-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?utm_term=.1dbe6bae0c30\">the story<\/a>. Please pass it along. And please heed my advice. I know I\u2019ll be reviewing the pointers next month as the girls and I gear up for an 8-day SoCal down-and-back without Mom. Who knows? Maybe reading my own insights even will inspire me to try something new.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip No. 1: Have potty will road trip. Despite this very blog, despite the fact that I\u2019ve now parented THREE human children, I often forget I\u2019m an \u201cexpert\u201d on the subject of family travel. To me, a lot of this stuff is just life. It\u2019s how we roll. 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