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[quote=Anonymous]Much depends on the vacation.  I seriously don't get it when DC parents (the merely UMC, not the truly wealthy with money already set aside for each child's college, house down payment, and inheritance) spend money to take multiple children (not teens) on expensive international trips to places like France where the whole point is to do adult things like view art, drink wine from amazing wineries you find while wandering aimlessly (which you cannot do with small children) and eat in great restaurants that don't serve dinner early enough for kids, or enjoy topless beaches and nightlife.  Meanwhile, these parents complain or worry about the fact that they aren't sure how they'll pay for college or save enough for retirement.  I know many people in the DC area like this and it is so puzzling.  I completely understand why you want to go.  I just don't understand why you're taking your kids along and doubling your costs as well as making it impossible to do the activities you want to do there.

If you are going to take your kids on vacation with you, why can't you make the vacation about a family friendly activity like visiting an amusement park or a national park that has activities accessible to people of all ages? Make it about the kids while they're still kids.  So many people refuse to do the Disney thing and sneer at waterparks or whatever, but that's why kids love. Save Ibiza for your couples vacay.  And believe me, all the other adults at that Caribbean resort will thank you for leaving your children at home.

As for the "international travel broadens their horizons" the only examples I've seen people give thus far involve the same things they'd get out of visiting Delaware or Miami.  You don't need to travel from DC to Lima for your kid to be exposed to people who don't look like them or hear other people speaking different languages.  And all the talk about taking them to a great park in London?  Seriously?  Are the park bench and flower bed you explore with your toddlers in Amsterdam any different from the ones in Philly or Savannah?  [/quote]

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