Perhaps it was inevitable that the US, which still holds up the two-parent family as a universal ideal, should dominate this week's reviews. However, good travel advice for single parents - or, indeed, British parents - is still an area in which the web falls down. That said, the sites here should make the task of entertaining children on long journeys a little easier.

1 Activities for Kids
Includes a list of travel necessities for trips with children, games to play in the car, and links to colouring pages.

2 Puzzlemaker
Create and print out holiday-themed crosswords, mazes and (for the optimistic) maths puzzles. Useful for long waits in airports and at ferry terminals, but remember that children are less likely to suffer from travel-sickness if they look out of the window.

3 Crayola activity book
Naturally, despite suggestions to the contrary, you don't need to use Crayola crayons to make the most of this site. Some of the craft activities will obviously only work at home. Others - such as the admirable dot-to-dots, mazes, hidden codes and secret pictures - should be appreciated anywhere.

4 Travel with Kids from About.com
With its strong US bias, About.com is chiefly useful for its special guide to avoiding travel sickness. Families travelling to North America, especially Florida, Boston and California, will find it of considerable help.

5 The Disney Corner at Family.com
The Disney ethic, if one chooses to accept it, is not just about the company's theme parks. It embraces the dream of a way of life in which the family is central. To this end, it sponsors family-friendly awards, tips and frighteningly long lists of travel necessities.

6 Adventuremom.com
The adventurous "mom" this site has in mind is a woman who is quite prepared (and financially able) to take a few years off from her Wall Street career to appreciate her child's infancy. If you don't take exception to the injunction: "Moms: Take off that suit, sit down and play with your kids" and you're interested in travelling the world with a baby in a sling, this site might prove of interest. Dads? Don't go there.

7 Gorp.com
The Great Outdoor Recreation pages offer some wonderfully frank advice on "bathroom breaks" outdoors ("Gotta Go!"), a children's introduction to astronomy, and tips on encouraging children to try new activities such as snow sports and fishing. By far the best of this week's offerings.