Fenway Park Hotels

The window of opportunity for parents to connect with their kids is narrow and, once it is closed, hard to open, as any parent of a tween and teen can attest. It seems that one day, like Jiffy Pop, they burst open and become their own person and would rather be grounded than go on vacation with—horror of horrors—a parent.

Boston With Kids is an updated 2011 travel guide and reference book series for parents, grandparents and doting aunts and uncles. There are 93 suggestions for significant, exciting, cultural, and impressive destinations and sights as well as some nature loving experiences. There are destinations that bring to life the pages in a child's history book and suggestions for spots that tickle the imagination. Other places, like the Holocaust Wall, tug at the heart. And, of course, there are recommendations for great family-friendly spots to eat.