HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA: A TEEN PARADISE As a sixteen year old, I speak for myself and other teens when I say a dream vacation can be anywhere, as long as a beach is involved. But with so many beaches in the world, how can one choose? Well, after visiting Huntington Beach, California last June with my mom, I think I found my perfect match…(click here for more)
MOM AND TEEN SON DO DAYTONA Does Aaron remember when he was 8 and we walked the beach in Daytona, his dad and I wondered as we walked that night to dinner on the Boardwalk? Aaron had been so amazed at the time: “The sand squeaks when you walk on it!”
Of course we couldn’t ask him then and there if he remembered that because he is, after all, now a teenager, meaning walking on the beach with us would be akin to being seen in public wearing Speedo swimming briefs.....(click here for more)
TEEN TOUR OF NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CITY -- We didn't go to the top of the Empire
State Building. We didn't climb the Statue of Liberty or visit Ellis
Island. We didn't go near the much-touted, brand-new Rose Center for
Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History....(click here for more)
PLANNING A MULTI-GENERATIONAL TRIP Mary Jo Campbell says she was being selfish. Her five
grown children and their spouses counter that her gesture was just the
opposite. ``An amazing gift,'' said daughter-in-law True Campbell, who
lives in North Carolina. The senior Mrs. Campbell wanted her far-flung
children around her for her 75th birthday....(click here for more)
THE HOMESTEAD -- FROM A TEEN'S PERSPECTIVE The Homestead is a great place for families with teens. Why? Let's just say that they have something for every type of teen out there....(click here for more)