I've been playing with the same saved game on The Sims 3 for ages. I've gone through 2 generations of this family, and a few weeks ago, the divorced mother went on one of those stupid free vacations.....
I love getting a break from "the parents" but it seems that free vacations do more harm than good. The kids always get in trouble which I guess makes it more "realistic" but I mean, does it really? They were away, how would they know what went down? :-p I don't think I'll be accepting more vacations. I'm having a glitch or problem myself right now so I can't even play. I posted it on the "technical problems" section.