Travel dilemmas: Staying safe on spring break

Here are words that strike fear into the hearts of parents around the world: "Mom and Dad, I'm going to spend spring break in (fill in the name of a destination that is not your home address) with (fill in the name of your child's peers you kind of know), and we're going to be staying in (fill in the name of a skeevy-sounding hotel or the home of someone's first cousin once removed)."

You've worked to make your child independent, to help him or her develop critical thinking