Moms Talk: What To Do with Kids on Spring Break?

It's Spring Break!! Unfortunately, unless you're a college student (or my mom) this doesn't necessarily mean an exciting trip to Cancun. In fact, spring break can be a bigger stress for parents than school. 

How are you dealing with the kids at home this week? Do you hire a babysitter? Bring them with you to work? Drop them off at a preschool or camp? Some schools have spring break programs or camps -- which are best?

At what age can you just leave the kids to fend for themselves?

Or, do you just take the time off too and call it a vacation? 

Welcome to our weekly Mom's (and Dads) Talk, where our parenting experts (YOU!) share their advice, concerns, problems and questions. Our hope is that you use this forum to share how you deal with problems others are going through and to ask your own questions. This week's question from our readers deals with how to deal with kids on Spring Break.

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