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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on your kids.  I would take my (now 6 yo) teins anywhere and that has been true since about age 3.  We also traveled a lot with them starting young. We were doing 4-hour roads trips with only 1 hour of screen time by age 1.  This kind of thing was important for me to build up their endurance and prep them for long flights (longer than they could watch movies for) and for the many trains, etc.  getting from one part of a country to another.

We also try to focus on not everything being a kid-tailored experience.  They had been to pretty much every Smithsonian museum, the folklife fest, etc. by age 2, and we didn't do just the kid sections; we walked through all of it.  This means that my kids know how to be interested in things that aren't specifically geared towards them and their age group, which is obviously pivotal.

My point is that I agree they are a bit young, but if the choices in DH's mind are "Egypt or leave them with family," then I would revisit that.  This might not be the best time to dontour dream trip, but it is the perfect time to acclimate them to travel and teach the skills of being interested in what's around them.  So if I weren't going to do Egypt I would still travel somewhere with kids, even if it's via road trip.[/quote]

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