One in 10 parents fakes a bathroom break on vacation just to be alone. How to Make Family Travel Safer (Digitally, Too)

It’s official: it takes parents more than two days to recover from a family vacation. Not just physically, but emotionally — and sometimes digitally.

A new survey of 2,000 parents with kids under 12 found that it takes an average of 2.4 days for them to feel like themselves again after a trip. Sure, family holidays are full of memories — but they also come with arguments, tears, exhaustion, and the desperate hope that this time, the kids will nap in the car.

One in three parents says the peace