My wife took our kids Up North this weekend, as she has the first weekend in August for pretty much their whole lives. It did not go well, as has been the case for the past few years. The two youngest took the opportunity to leave early.
People say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. But doing the same thing and expecting the same result is often just as worthless. What are you doing that isn’t really working for you anymore? There has to be something. Stop doing it.