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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with PP, this is very strange for families who are spread across the globe. If you need to visit family, you go wherever as soon as babies have been vaccinated and you've saved enough to afford the tickets...though I do remember trips starting when I was about 6...before that not really.[/quote]

I don't think OP is asking about visiting family.  I get the impression her question is when is it "worth it" to voluntarily travel abroad with your children.

OP, there's something to acclimating your children to travel, both road trips and flights, but to a certain extent that can be accomplished in the US.  Sure, a flight to California or Oregon isn't as long as a flight to Turkey, but it's a significant distance.  For some people, I do think they see some cache in being able to say that they took their child abroad as an infant or vacationed in Europe with their toddler.  Go for it if you have the means.  However, I don't know that your child will have an appreciation for seeing the Great Wall of China any more than they will the Grand Canyon for quite a while.

I always thought I wanted to take my child overseas by the time she was 5.  The way life has worked out she's seen a lot of parts of the U.S., but has yet to make it off the continent.  For a 4yr old, I think she's fairly well traveled even though she has yet to use a passport.[/quote]

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