The Business Traveling Parent: How to Stay Close to Your Kids When You're Far Away

By Dan Verdick

A few minutes of "down time" on the road can equal lots of fun for business traveling parents and their children. Secret code e-mails, treasure hunts, and the traveling ABC's are just a few of the dozens of ways you can stay close and in touch with your kids when you are far away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158904004X
• ISBN13: 9781589040045
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Robins Lane Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Don't Leave Home Without It!!

This is a terrific book. The author gives some great ideas on things to do before you leave, when you are gone and when you get home again. The ideas are simple and fun for the kids. If you can't be at home as often as you'd like, then The Business Traveling Parent really offers some simple solutions to staying close to your kids. This is also a great gift for any busy executive, salesperson, or anyone who travels more than they would like to.

While You're Away

I really like the concept of parents staying in touch with kids when they have to travel. One idea from the book that I like is to take pictures to show or send to the child so they can see what it's like where you are. Better than postcards, and sweet, not necessarily a new idea, but a great reminder. Sending secret emails and faxes sounds fun too.Cooking together on the night you return and making something special from the place/country you've been is excellent. Such nice ideas, and not too much to handle for the traveler. These are lucky kids whose parents do these things with them ... and I bet they are the kind of parents who don't want to be away from their kids very often.

Easy + Fun = Super

I happened to meet the author at a conference in Chicago recently, and what a great guy! His humor and smarts combine to be a sure-fire interesting book writer. So, I read the book, and it ! is! filled with really easy, fun ideas, tips, and tricks for staying involved with your kids when you're away. Nobody is saying it takes the place of being at home with them, but sometimes you just have to travel, and this makes it fun for the kids to keep in touch, as well as giving great ideas for what to before and after. This book is really interesting, and so is the author, Dan. I really enjoyed the fresh ideas in this book. Thanks, Robins Lane Press!