I took my 2 kids to a family all-inclusive resort. They had a blast, and I did not have to do anything.

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Every year, around May, the flirtation of summer sucks me in. Fantasies of no alarms going off before sunrise, work from pool afternoons, no fights over homework or getting to after-school activities on time, or the overall pressures of keeping kids thriving during the school year.