How many countries has your teen been to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Switzerland
France
London
Italy
Pakistan
Dubai
Abu dhabi
Ireland
Iceland
Spain

Dubai and and Abu Dhabi aren’t countries - neither is London

DP
True, but they are kinda like countries. It's like a foreigner coming here visiting NYC for a few days and saying 'I've done America'.. its probably more accurate to say they've been to NYC. Cody, WY is spectacular to see and has almost nothing in common with New York.

The question was what “countries.” Answering with cities makes you sound stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

Huh? I honestly don’t understand what is sad for my kids. We take fun trips, they love traveling. It’s not a secret or anything, but they would probably not ask friends “how many other countries have you been to?” because the answer from most of them would be zero. For me, I don’t talk about where we go on vacation with my coworkers, because the vast majority of them can’t afford to go overseas. It’s just basic humility. Some of you all are really out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

Total cost of our recent week in Colombia was $1500. Including flights, rooms and food. I get that some families can’t afford that, but not a huge percentage here. If you are doing any beach weeks in the US, you aren’t saving money, you are choosing comfort over enrichment. The amount we learn on these trips is incredible, and I love hearing what my friends have learned on theirs. It isn’t about one upping, it is about exposure, growth and experience. Hopefully your kids will learn these lessons elsewhere as you are clearly failing to teach them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

Huh? I honestly don’t understand what is sad for my kids. We take fun trips, they love traveling. It’s not a secret or anything, but they would probably not ask friends “how many other countries have you been to?” because the answer from most of them would be zero. For me, I don’t talk about where we go on vacation with my coworkers, because the vast majority of them can’t afford to go overseas. It’s just basic humility. Some of you all are really out of touch.

My flight to Costa Rica was likely less than you spend on gas a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

Huh? I honestly don’t understand what is sad for my kids. We take fun trips, they love traveling. It’s not a secret or anything, but they would probably not ask friends “how many other countries have you been to?” because the answer from most of them would be zero. For me, I don’t talk about where we go on vacation with my coworkers, because the vast majority of them can’t afford to go overseas. It’s just basic humility. Some of you all are really out of touch.

My flight to Costa Rica was likely less than you spend on gas a week.

You flew to Costa Rica for under $50?

[Anonymous]

21 countries - 13 yo

[Anonymous]

Is this some parenting competition I don’t know about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

Total cost of our recent week in Colombia was $1500. Including flights, rooms and food. I get that some families can’t afford that, but not a huge percentage here. If you are doing any beach weeks in the US, you aren’t saving money, you are choosing comfort over enrichment. The amount we learn on these trips is incredible, and I love hearing what my friends have learned on theirs. It isn’t about one upping, it is about exposure, growth and experience. Hopefully your kids will learn these lessons elsewhere as you are clearly failing to teach them.

Again, I’m not clear. What exactly am I failing to teach them? We travel when we can. They love it. I guess we don’t travel enough to be good parents?

[Anonymous]

Knowing that it’s harder to pull kids out of classes and summer activities during high school, we did big trips with DC before the 9th grade. By 14, they’ve been to about 6 countries.

Britain
Japan
Spain
S Korea
France
Italy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Switzerland
France
London
Italy
Pakistan
Dubai
Abu dhabi
Ireland
Iceland
Spain

Dubai and and Abu Dhabi aren’t countries - neither is London

DP
True, but they are kinda like countries. It's like a foreigner coming here visiting NYC for a few days and saying 'I've done America'.. its probably more accurate to say they've been to NYC. Cody, WY is spectacular to see and has almost nothing in common with New York.

The question was what “countries.” Answering with cities makes you sound stupid.

Does it? Or does it make you sound pedantic? I go with the latter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

Huh? I honestly don’t understand what is sad for my kids. We take fun trips, they love traveling. It’s not a secret or anything, but they would probably not ask friends “how many other countries have you been to?” because the answer from most of them would be zero. For me, I don’t talk about where we go on vacation with my coworkers, because the vast majority of them can’t afford to go overseas. It’s just basic humility. Some of you all are really out of touch.

My flight to Costa Rica was likely less than you spend on gas a week.

You flew to Costa Rica for under $50?

Under $100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only Canada, Spain and soon England, for mine. Very few people in our orbit travel overseas on a regular basis, so we try to keep even these few trips on the down low.

You are embarrassed that you are (extremely limitedly) showing your kids the world? I’d find a new orbit.

My orbit’s great. But the amount of money that it costs to take these trips is completely out of reach for the vast majority of people. My kids know that travel is special, not something to take for granted. We would not do well in crowds trying to one-up each other with their lavish vacations, but great if that works for you.

How sad for you and your children. Your attempt at a dig in your last sentence is ironic — you would fit in very well, actually.

DP
How sad you have to attack an anonymous poster online and try to shame them. Please get help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this some parenting competition I don’t know about?

It's a DCUM pissing contest. Stupid. Fun to read because the crazies get pedantic like it matters or something. It doesn't.