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🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Kim Barrington Narisetti of the Urban Crayon Press joins Felix to discuss the somewhat daunting prospect of traveling with kids. Kim explains how to get kids excited about travel, how to adjust your strategy as they age and even how to make chicken feet a more appealing snack. 

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @felixsalmon

Podcast production by Jessamine Moll. 


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Slate Money Travel.

0:15.6

This is a good one this week.

0:18.2

We have Kim Barrington Narazetti here, who has traveled pretty much all over the

0:24.4

world. This is not unusual among Slate Money Travel Guests, but the thing that Kim has is you've done it

0:31.9

pretty much all with kids. You have a whole publishing empire called Urban Crayon Press. You have a book out called

0:40.9

Traveling to Delhi with Kids. Like you actually have like an entire professional existence

0:45.0

around this whole thing which I think people are quite terrified of. People shouldn't be

0:49.4

terrified traveling with kids because you have them anyway and it's your job to make sure that you all enjoy

0:56.3

your vacation when your vacation in together. Vacation should not be stressful. It should be the basis

1:01.0

of planning another vacation. I had so much fun doing this. Let me take another vacation with my kids.

1:05.8

So we are going to talk about how to get kids to eat exciting and exotic food. We're going to talk

1:12.5

about trying to plan out where the nearest bathroom is. We're going to talk about the importance

1:17.7

of naps. This is not the first time we're going to talk about the importance of naps on this show,

1:21.1

but it's even more important when you're traveling with kids. We are going to talk about

1:25.9

potatoes because apparently there is a point at which kids are basically potatoes. I love that point. We are going to talk about potatoes because apparently there is a point at which

1:29.3

kids are basically potatoes. I love that point. We're going to have a whole great conversation.

1:33.1

All of this coming up on Slate Money Travel. So Kim, you have lived all over the world.

1:41.4

Yes, I have. With kids, which has given you the opportunity. I mean,

1:44.8

obviously the thing you do when you're living in wonderful places like Northern Europe or India

1:50.7

is like, I have to go see these places and you have kids in toes. So obviously, you bring the kids

1:56.1

with you. And so you are now officially the expert on how to do that, right? My kids don't think I'm the expert at anything because they're teenagers,

2:03.5

but I feel like I'm an expert on traveling with them.

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