I've traveled to 30 countries with my kids. I always do these 4 things before leaving home.

In addition to the usual travel documents like a passport, the author said she always travels with a notarized note from her husband when traveling outside of the country without him. SDI Productions/Getty Images Before I had kids, I didn't put much thought or prep into my travel plans. A few encounters while abroad have made me change my ways now that I often have kids with me. I now travel with apostilled copies of their birth certificates and a letter from their father. Before kids, I tr...