We took our teenagers to New York City and acted like total tourists. It was the perfect way to see NYC with them.

• My husband and I took our 15 and 17-year-old kids to New York City for the first time in a decade. • Everything on my kids' to-do lists was super touristy, but they loved every moment. • Being total tourists was a great way to experience the city with our teens, and we'd do it again.

It'd been a decade since my kids visited New York, but given their love of theater and big cities, it wasn't surprising when they recently started asking my husband and me to take them. My family relocated to Florida from Maryland about nine years ago, so trips to NYC aren't as easy as they were when we lived up north. Still, we began researching flights and hotels, and planning a long weekend with our now 15- and 17-year-old kids in the Big Apple.

On our three-night visit to NYC, we acted like tourist