\u201cShould grandmas be the ones on the road, or should families pick everything up and drive to her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the holidays roll around, it\u2019s time for families<\/a> to decide where they will meet to celebrate. For the most part, parents with younger kids dread packing their bags and traveling<\/a> to a family member\u2019s house where things aren\u2019t set up for young children. You fumble around setting up the pack \u2018n plays, can\u2019t find your bottle brush, and freak out because the electrical <\/a>sockets aren\u2019t child-proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, many grandparents aren\u2019t keen on enduring the mental and physical<\/a> strain of traveling at an older age. So, who\u2019s right? Grandma Jan<\/a>, founder of Grandma Camp<\/a> and a TikTok influencer who shares fun ideas for grandparents and grandkids, argued that parents should pack up their kids and visit Grandma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOkay, so, here\u2019s the debate: families say, \u2018Grandma, why don\u2019t you come visit us?\u2019 But let\u2019s be honest, Grandma\u2019s house is where the traditions are, the cookies are, and all of the toys are,\u201d Grandma Jan begins. \u201cBut if grandma is driving, flying, hauling all the gifts, and packing up her car to come see you, maybe it\u2019s time to flip the script. When did it become normal for Grandma to pack up all her stuff and come see you? Should the kids pile into the car, bring all their toys, and just go visit grandma? Bring all that love and chaos to her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So she asked her followers: \u201cShould grandmas be the one on the road or should families pick everything up and drive to her?\u201d Just about everyone in the comments said that grandparents should have to travel to see their grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNope. I want Christmas morning in pajamas with my family. I want my traditions. My parents and in-laws (the grandparents) got all of this how they wanted. It\u2019s my turn now,\u201d Maggie wrote. \u201cGramma is retired and now has a shit ton of time. Kids and parents have a very finite amount of time off in the holidays that they do not want to spend on the road,\u201d Mrs. Wright added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some grandparents also checked in to disagree with Grandma Jan. \u201cWhy would I put that on my kids and grandkids? It\u2019s so hard traveling with kids, not to mention expensive to fly for more than one person,\u201d Populustultus wrote. \u201cWhat a weird way to think about that. Why wouldn\u2019t you help your kids create magic in their home? Signed a grandma,\u201d LifestylebyKat added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The response inspired Grandma Jan to release a follow-up video clarifying her opinion. She admits she came up with the idea after seeing older people having a hard time getting through the airport. \u201c[I saw] older grandparents struggling their way through airports carrying their own heavy bags while managing a walker or a plane or a wheelchair, struggling through all on their own with no one to assist,\u201d Grandma Jan said. \u201cAnd as an occupational therapist, that actually broke my heart. For younger, healthier grandparents, travel can be fun, but for the older generation, it can be quite a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, Grandma Jan didn\u2019t intend to put anyone out; she just wanted to have a conversation about what\u2019s best for families as a whole. \u201cAnd Grandma Camp by Grandma Jan is about having those conversations, not making rules. And at the end of the day, it\u2019s about connection, not distance,\u201d she concluded her video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cShould grandmas be the ones on the road, or should families pick everything up and drive to her?\u201d When the holidays roll around, it\u2019s time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699738357_1457906556370331_4850213986902806096_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8483,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8481\/revisions\/8483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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