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5 Cool Ways to Stay Connected to Kids During Business Trips

Posted on May 15, 2006 | 3 comments | Filed in Uncategorized 
 

Are you looking for ways to stay connected with kids while you are traveling on business? Here are some cool ideas to keep the kids happy and help you to feel close even while you are away on a business trip. I used several of these while I was traveling on my TV media tour for 3 weeks. And it really made my kids feel special!

1) Write little love notes for your kids and hide them around the house in various places. Every morning when you call to say hello, tell them where they can find their secret note for the day. I would print out pictures on the Internet of their favorite characters, draw them a picture, and then write a little love note on there. For instance, one was a picture of a globe from my daughter’s NeoPets.com website. And I wrote on there, “No matter where I am in the world, I am always thinking of you. I love you very, very much! Mommy”

2) Make an audio tape of you reading your child’s favorite bedtime story. That way when they go to bed at night, they can still stay in routine and feel like mommy tucked them in. They can turn the pages of the book while they hear your voice reading it to them.

3) Take a picture of you and your child and have it laminated. Then they can take the picture of the two of you everywhere. I know a friend who did this and said his daughters would go to bed holding the picture of them and daddy together.

4) Get a web cam and call your children in the evenings. I just saw this tip on Super Nanny! The dad worked Monday thru Friday about 4 hours away from home. So in order to stay emotionally connected to the kids, they started doing a nightly web cam call. The kids got to share those fun things that happened during the day. Dad got to feel more clued in to the kids daily life. It really made a difference in this family.

5) Write a note and send a fax to your kids. Almost every hotel you will stay at will have one. I draw pictures and write fun little notes. The kids feel very important getting a fax coming to them!

Hope that next time you go away to a seminar, that these tips help to let your kids know how very important and loved they are even when mommy (or daddy) is away!

Do you have any fun tips for staying connected to the kids during travel? Share your parent travel tips here.

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3 Responses to “5 Cool Ways to Stay Connected to Kids During Business Trips”

  1. Working Moms - Wealthy Online Women on May 15th, 2006 7:43 pm

    [...] Following the “Healthier Women” post I thought this post over at Kristie T’s blog would be helpful to those women who work full time and don’t always get home early enough to spend quality time with your children before bedtime. [...]

  2. Sarah Lipman on May 16th, 2006 1:28 pm

    I take pictures with my cell phone camera of places I go, interesting sights (a tiled house; a Coffee Bean fireplace), and people I meet (family and friends; not business contacts!). I send them via MMS to the home e-mail as I go along, so that my kids know what I’m doing during the day. This has really helped them feel in touch with me while I’m away (as proven my the dramatic reduction in the number of times they call me each day).

  3. Business Trips on June 9th, 2006 2:46 am

    Aww…that’s really sweet. Thanks for your suggestions.

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