My parents let my sisters and I do that before. We were at EPCOT and they went off to have a dinner at a seafood place, I forgot the name of it, and my two older sisters and I went off to do what we wanted to do. We went on the Figment ride, which there wasn't even a line for, and then we went to the ImageWorks -The Kodak "What If" Lab. We took pictures of ourselves there and sent them to our friends through an email. Our parents told us that when we were done to find them at the restaurant. We found them and it was good to get away for a while and do our own thing.

Being around your family 24/7 while at Disney World isn't good. You need to get away from everything and everyone and do your own thing for short while. Take a break and do something that you will enjoy.

Go tell your teenagers to do something that they want to do. Give them some money so they can find something to eat and let them go on the attractions that they want to go on. That way the parents can do something that will be relaxing and the teenagers will do something they want to do. Decide on a designated time of when you should meet. Be sure to give yourselves plenty of time to just chill out for a while and get away from all the hustle and bustle that Disney World throws at you. You can meet at the time you decided on and you are back to more family bonding. But getting away is good, doing an enjoying and calm activity that you want to do for some time is good.

Even if you are at Magic Kingdom and it is getting too much to handle, take a break. Tell your teenage children to go to the attractions that they have planned out to do, maybe Space Mountain or Thunder Mountain. The parents can go shopping or find a good restaurant to eat at. When the both of you are done, meet up again at the designated time and place. Taking a break from each other matters. It gives you time to calm down and relax. You don't want to have stressful trip and be arguing all the time, believe me you don't. It's not fun.

If you are at Downtown Disney, the parents and the teens can split up too. The parents can go to Pleasure Island and have a fun night and again, give the teenagers some money for food or shopping and let them do their own thing for a while. They will probably go to the Virgin Megastore and look at all the c.d.'s or books or magazines that the store offers. I could spend a long time in that store, there is so much to look at. Or they might go to other shops and get a bite to eat.

The point that I'm trying to make is, that it is okay to get away from your family while you are at Disney World. I know, the whole point of going there is to spend quality time together, but it just gets so stressful that you need to separate and take time out to do your own thing. You don't want it to get so stressful that you are up to each other's throats. It is better to have a little separation and relax without the parents or children there than be fighting all the time. And when you are ready to meet up again, you will be stress free and be ready to hang out with your family.