How To Keep Your Tween And Teens Occupied On A Road Trip + a Note of Caution on the Use of Headphones and Earbuds by Kids

This post is brought to you by our friends at The Relief Products through our participation in the Women’s Choice Award Blogger program. Opinions are my own.

Traveling with tweens and teens doesn’t have to be unpleasant. How To Keep Your Tween And Teens Occupied On A Road Trip, is it even possible? I think so. Keeping them occupied and feeling their best is key to a successful road trip.

One thing that keeps my kids occupied for a good part of a road trip is listening to their music on their headphones or earbuds. Oh, how I enjoy the silence when they are zoned out on their headphones! They listen to such loud (or just not my taste) music sometimes and I am so happy I can’t hear it! But, listening to loud music or talking on headphones can also make something very unpleasant happen, ear ringing or Tinnitus!

A note about the use of headphones and earbuds by kids

The use of headphones and earbuds by kids can, without caution, cause Tinnitus- which is defined as the hearing of sounds when no external sound is present. Many call it ringing in the ears or “ear ringing” and I have had it before and still have it from time to time. It can be annoying, uncomfortable, and sometimes painful. Having a tween or teen in a car with you, dealing with ringing in their ears because of listening to loud music on their headphones, is not something I would wish on anyone. Dealing with ringing in the ears isn’t fun for anyone, but as a mom, I try to keep the kids from having it in the first place.

When one of my kids tell me about ringing in their ears I will usually give them Ring Relief which is homeopathic medicine. I like the pill form when traveling because they are easy to give my kids, but this also comes in ear drops, which I use at home. This will give them relief from their ears ringing. I have friends who’ve got ringing in their ears, and I myself have had it a time or two, and I shared several packages of both the Ring Relief drops and Ring Relief pills for them to try. All of us agreed that it was the Ring Relief product that’s offered relief from ears ringing more than many other methods we’ve tried.

One of the things that first drew me to Ring Relief (and The Relief Products in general) is that it’s a product that’s loved by women across the US. Ring Relief is a product that’s highly recommended by 9 out of 10 women. The Relief Products brand has earned Women’s Choice Awards for several of their products for 3+ years and counting now- which means women are choosing this brand over and over again for themselves and for their families. Women just like me. I like knowing that other women choose a brand over another- don’t you?

Back to the road trip, though.

When the headphones come off, and my kids start getting eager to move around, or start fighting with one another, I know I have to pull out ‘the bag’. The bag is something I pack, that my kids don’t know about, that has tons of fun things in it for moments like this. Not only do my kids love ‘the bag’ but it quiets them down, and keeps them busy for quite a while.