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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much fun would such a trip really be for elementary aged kids if the aunt is not very mobile?  MIL is not terribly elderly, but certainly no spring chicken to be entertaining young kids who will likely be expecting to be on an active vacation.

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This might be a little off topic, but these types of comments tend to trigger me a bit.  My kids have grandparents with significant disabilities.  One is severely mobility impaired and one is completely blind.  Our kids have spent time alone with these grandparents since birth, and have gone on trips with both without us as well.  My kids both enjoy the time spent with their grandparents enjoying the world AND learn that disabilities don't have to define or limit a person's experience of the world.

Stepping off soapbox....OP is perfectly fine to say that she doesn't want her kids out of the country without her.  Makes sense.  But it worries me when we slip into thinking that people with disabilities, or even limitations, can't take care of children.  Heck, my MIL was once a fully blind mother raising my DH as an infant and toddler.  It worked out fine.[/quote]

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