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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the people who say they would only take their child to an english speaking country, I feel sorry for your kids. Really. OP If you speak french, you will be fine in all but the most remote parts of Morocco. No one will bother you with a child. Cover your arms and shoulders in public--and your head in places of worship, I've had white frat boys in Georgetown grope my bare arms on M street. It can happen anywhere. Omg, this thread.[/quote]

if you pay attention, I posted the note about not taking a child to a non-English speaking country before she posted that her son speaks french.

I'm all for giving kids cultural experiences, especially when they're a little older (teens).

And it has nothing to do with not respecting nonEnglish speaking people or assuming all English-speaking people are good.  the issue is a practical one -- if the kid gets separated, it's going to be hard for him to communicate with people to help him find his mother.  But obviously, if he speaks french, that's a different story.

And frankly OP should have posted in her opening thread.

But i find people naive when they feel so certain their kid will never get lost or separated.  But if she's so confident and has traveled to the Dominican Republic and other places with her child, why is she even asking the question?  Unless she's trying to drum up trouble or perhaps her bias is toward Muslims.

I think most average people in most countries are just living their lives.  But I still think it is unwise to travel with young children to places where the child doesn't speak the primary language.

That's my opinion, and I don't think it is an unreasonable one.  You don't have to "feel sorry" for my children.[/quote]

This is the OP. No I don't have a bias against Muslims and no I was not trying to stir up trouble!

Did you mean I should have posted that we speak French in my original post? I didn't ask about whether Morocco would be difficult to navigate and I didn't ask about what I should do if he got lost. Language wasn't relevant to my question. 
I only asked whether it would be safe because when I was travelling in my 20s, I had heard it wasn't a good idea to travel alone as a woman in Morocco. I thought it was a reasonable question! I'm well-travelled and I have no worries about travelling alone with my son but I'm not foolish - it's always a good idea to investigate potential dangers when travelling to a new place. By the way, this would go for cities in the US also. I was in LA recently and hadn't been there for decades. So before going, I looked up which neighborhoods were considered shady, by what time at night it was best to be in.

Re the risk of losing your child - I guess you have to know your child to determine how likely that risk is, and judge whether your child would know what to do if he or she did get lost.

Anyway, I just bought a travel guide on Morocco today. Thanks for everyone's input![/quote]

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