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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up lower middle class. Not an exaggeration, we went on one family vacation my entire childhood. I went to camp in the summers and we would occasionally go visit my grandparents in Florida. Traveled for sports locally. Parents couldn’t afford anything else.

I started traveling truly in college on my own dime. Went abroad in college and have since been to over 30 countries. I’m in my early 40s.

We are now by all accounts very well off. My kids are 7 and 9 and have already been to 10 countries and dozens of states.

All of this is to say: it’s ok if you don’t take your kids places. I never did until I was an adult and do very well now. [/quote]

I went overseas once when I was 9yo to visit my father's home country.  Next trip was when I was 21yo and had earned my own money.  I remember the excitement of finally getting to travel in my twenties and am a bit sad that my kids will never know that same thrill of discovering travel for the first time.  They have been traveling overseas since they were babies so that we can visit our own home countries.  My older sister has just started traveling in her fifties and it's really nice to see how fresh and exciting it is for her.[/quote]

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