We went to Australia when my kid was 4 and didn't really find it to be a problem that had to be managed. If anything she adapted better than we did as she slept more on the flight than we did and once on the ground the only adaptation we had to deal with was that she needed a really long afternoon nap for the first couple days. That was fine as we had her in the stroller and just kept at our activities. I can't recall how it was on the return side as it was pretty much a non-event.

Your mileage will of course totally vary based on age and the way your kid is though.

Go to work go to school.

My 5yo at the time, was completely fine with jetlag, he knows he needs to sleep and he went to school and survived it.

The 2 yo kicked our ass as she still naps, so the nap became the overnight sleep. Cranky af before and after. Wakes up in the middle of the night cause that was nap over in Asia. First night back she was up from 1am - 6am. We took turns with her at night but we both wanted to die for a month.

If this is the bar then I'm doing great as a parent.

https://youtu.be/Z-GkTg1LrCw?si=8qVwd_xwuh_X_yDq

Wow, the Camry behind her stopped just in time. Hope the kid is ok.

holy.. this is why people need to not hold on to their kid and have them strapped onto their seats.

Isn't the kid supposed to be sitting in the back as well?

It seems like no one was even holding the kid, the kid was crawling around the car by themselves as the mom drove and he opened the door and fell out.

In the 60's that was every day though.

Reminds me of when I was 7 and my parents drove me and my 4 year old brother to Disneyland but we made a stop in Reno so they could play slots. Security told them kids weren't allowed in the casino so my parents thought about it a bit and decided the best thing to do was to leave me and my brother outside the casino. I remember having my hands on the glass looking into the casino seeing my parents play slots while me. Back then it was kinda normal, today that gets you arrested.

holy crap that's a lot of trauma, please tell me more type shit if this happened today LOL

what pussies of generation of kid we are bringing up.