Most people come home from a Disney vacation with a pair of Mickey Mouse ears.
Madalyn Monaghan returned home to death threats made by virtual vultures, who were outraged that the mother-of-two visited the Florida-based oasis without a brood.
“I had people messaging me on Instagram saying really dark and mean things,” Monaghan, 30, a married mother of an 11-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son, told The Post. “Threatening my life”.
But doing Disney without children is not a capital crime against children.
Instead, it’s a holiday trend among moms and dads who don’t mind leaving their little rogues behind for some “time” around Cinderella’s castle.
Taking a short break from parenting, whether in the Caribbean or on a Pirates of the Caribbean cruise, can be a valuable measure to avoid burnout.Â
It’s that overwhelming feeling of stress, anxiety and exhaustion that plagues 57% of moms and dads nationwide, according to a May study from Ohio State University.
But the crushing state of mind doesn’t just affect overtaxed adults.
The researchers also found that children are likely to experience emotional and behavioral harm due to mom and dad’s grumpy disposition.
So parents, near and far, are doing their best to avoid chaos.
While some New York City moms delegate some of their most stressful tasks to a team of hired house managers to avoid burnout, other moms in the Big Apple and beyond are microdosing psychedelics, or “magic” mushrooms, for a healthy small minded. TRAVELS.
Monaghan, however, prefers to take actual trips to the Magic Kingdom.
“It’s free to go to Disney World without the kids and have a good time and let loose,” Millennial, a travel influencer from Charleston, South Carolina, told The Post.