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The long overdue family summer holiday has finally arrived, but before you rejoice here a few GIFs to prepare you for the joy of travelling with kids.

It starts from the moment you tell the kids they’re going on holiday:

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They are impossible to control, leaving you only one solution for the plane journey (remember that with kids you will NEVER GET UPGRADED). This is clearly a joke, parents! Don’t ever try this one:

Source: www.gifbay.com via funnyjunk.com/cheastnut

You spend the entire time exhausted, but are never allowed to sleep:

Source: Reddit

You can’t take them to the bars because you fear this will give them a “taste” for alcohol:

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You can’t take them to the beach because they are a serious liability to themselves (and everyone else for that matter):

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But it’s only a few short years and then things will go back to the way they were:

Source: Reddit/ajacksified

Words by Lance van Dijk

Header image © Pixland/Thinkstock

About the author

Oonagh ShielContent Manager at Cheapflights whose travel life can be best summed up as BC (before children) and PC (post children). We only travel during the school holidays so short-haul trips and staycations are our specialities!

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