We were thinking about doing a driving trip with our kids this summer. There was a convention we wanted to take our kids to, but we just could not afford to fly six of us. However, we went to see my mil and the two hour drive was filled with fighting. Dh and I were talking about it cause we both did long trips with our parents. One issue that we realized was that when we drove, we were not in seat belts or car seats. We could move around, play board games in the back of the station wagon, stretch etc. Our kids can't do that as they are in seatbelts or carseats.