Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「When Courtney Hardie was growing up, vacation meant one thing: a week in her grandfather’s “remote fishing cabin” in Ontario, Canada. ⁠ ⁠ “While I have lovely memories of this, I always felt like I missed out on new experiences and new cultures,” Hardie told HuffPost.⁠ ⁠ As a parent now herself, Hardie works diligently to plan trips for her own kids that expose them to unfamiliar parts of the world. “I’ve tried to give my children the experiences that I yearned for, which has led to me obsessing over making sure our trips are ‘perfect,'” she said.⁠ ⁠ Like in many households, the work of planning these trips falls mostly to mom. While Hardie feels that her efforts are well worth it, and she’s able to be “in the moment” once they’re actually on vacation, the intensive preparations do take their toll.⁠ ⁠ Whether you’re trying to re-create memories from your childhood or orchestrate the kind of travel experiences you longed for, it’s not unusual for parents to feel an intense pressure to get family vacations “right.” Because they are a departure from the usual routines, we presume that these are the moments our kids will remember. The taste of a fish they caught themselves, roasted over an open fire, will stick with them in a way that last Tuesday’s box of mac-and-cheese cannot, we reason.⁠ ⁠ In reality, kids’ memories are fickle and remain stubbornly beyond much of our control. Though we don’t have the power to dictate which moments their brains decide to hold on to, something in us keeps yearning to try, as though the right kind of memories will offer proof that we did a good job as parents, that we loved them well.⁠ ⁠ Read more at our link in bio. // 🖊️ Marie Holmes」6月3日 8時29分