Everyone needs a set of activities for kids when the weather will not permit you to go outside. Here is something that is great for a rainy day: plan a vacation. Ask your child to think where to go on vacation and what to do while there.  By making suggestions you can guide the discussion (for example, your child suggests that the family go on an around the world cruise for 6 months; you can ask what to do about work and school, talk about the expense, and suggest some time and cost boundaries to the vacation). You may be amazed at the good ideas your child comes up with. Another benefit is learning about the things your child would really like to do that, quite possibly, you would not know about. By planning a vacation, you are asking your child in an indirect way to share his or her desires with you.