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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t travel solo with a kid who wants to travel just for the sake of it. I would, however, support an interest. If one kid is going to LA for lacrosse, and the other kid wants to enter a photography contest in LA, I would support both. I would be willing to send the second kid to a writing camp in LA or even create our own camp of visiting art museums. However the kid who’s traveling for sport is not going on a vacation. Sucking kid doesn’t get a vacation just because first kid is on an airplane. That’s like a kid saying they should get as much screen time as a sibling when the sibling is using a screen for online art classes and the screen time will be used for random games.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t you guys travel with your kid for fun?? This whole thread is sad in a lot of ways. Everything doesn’t have to be an educational experience or something that helps build their resume. What if you do a 1:1 trip with your kid to just have fun and enjoy your kid? That sounds like a perfectly great reason to do something. Especially for a kid asking for it.

Also this kid is probably not just bringing this up because of the trips - most of you know how much time travel sports take from a family. This family’s whole world is built around these two other kids. And if these parents don’t think their 3rd kid doesn’t feel that their parents place huge value on it and love that their other kids value it too they are completely out to lunch. So 3rd kids life is built around these kids schedules, practices etc and parents say meh your fault because you’re not a strived like us and in their literal words “lazy.” Omg. Obviously op is gone but it really is sad.

It doesn’t have to be a one for one and yes a sports trip isn’t the same so you explain it’s not a comparison and fair doesn’t mean equal but also hey we hear you - your siblings activities take a lot of time and energy - let’s plan something fun together. And you go ENJOY YOUR CHILD. [/quote]

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