I left my 3-year-old at home for a weeklong cruise with my parents. It reminded me I’m still their daughter, too.0

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• September 6, 2026

At our first dinner on Hurtigruten’s MS Trollfjord, my parents and I spent most of the meal imagining what my 3-year-old son would have thought. Aksel would have picked at the bread, asked how many courses of “real food” were left before dessert, and probably driven his Hot Wheels through the butter. Instead, he stayed