get new experiences lipika too said they enjoyed their vacations as much as their parents aryaman vasudeo added we have different games and past times now but adventure camps are as much or even more fun as the gilli danda that my parents played talking about how vacations are spent avinash vasudeo said most parents were so busy with work that they did not give enough time to their children even during vacations dr kiratkar pointed out people have different aims and objectives about how they want to spend their time even vacations tambi agreed different classes of people have different aspirations and ways of spending their time and money the kids were also asked whether they would prefer a vacation at home or outside and most said they would like to divide the vacation between both choices avni tambi said i would spend 30 days at my grandmothers place playing traditional games or with cousins and spend a week or two with my family exploring new cities or hill stations and also get some time for myself diya agarwal too said they liked both going out and staying home in vacation we are very busy in school so we can also spend some time with friends during vacation aditya majumdar said it was too hot in nagpur to really play outside through the day but he also loved to see new places and travel aditya kiratkar said he also loved travelling and meeting cousins with whom he spent his best vacations but restrictions on travelling alone were a deal breaker even as the parents narrated stories of travelling alone or with brothers or friends during their vacations drishti aggarwal too said they were not allowed to travel like their parents did when they were young all parents agreed that they were very protective of their children but concurred with parth majumdar who said the changed society and increasing crime that we see around us prevent us from sending kids out alone to travel rizwan sheikh added the times are such that now even my parents keep asking after me when i am travelling which they never did when we were youngsters diya said all kids kept getting pestered by their parents even when on school or adventure trips during vacations lipika avni and aryaman too spoke of having faced similar phone calls when travelling without their parents the parents themselves accepted this flaw but dinesh aggrawal pointed out that the children these days were not that exposed to the outside world to be able to handle any situation even as most children said they would like a chance to travel alone vishnu tambi said he would encourage his daughter to travel alone after she turned 16 at least but until then supervised travels on camps etc were okay all parents agreed though that children needed to learn to handle situations alone because most of them would also go out to study very soon dr kiratkar blamed this lack of