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[quote=Anonymous]It's not about validation.  It's simply an individual choice for one's family.  If the doc says to breast feed and I don't want to, I will make that choice for myself but I wouldn't make a blanket statement that everyone should because I did.  The OP has this decision to make and asked for opinions and I stated my opinion as did you.  That doesn't mean American's don't place education as a priority, that doesn't mean that I only value a professional's advice if it validates my own desires.  Geez, dramatic much??

OP, in my personal experience as a child of immigrant parents, it was definitely a benefit for *me* to visit my relatives abroad, especially during a happy occasion like a wedding when lots of relatives and friends from different areas come together.  My parents pulled me out of school when I was around 5 or 6 yrs for a month in the middle of the school year.  I got to visit my grandparents for the first time along with other relatives and cousins my age.  I was not scarred for life academically.  I graduated from high school a year early and went on to UVa.  The next opportunity I had to go visit my relatives overseas was not until I was 17 years old.  By then, both sets of my grandparents, one uncle and one aunt had passed away.  I'm am so happy I had the chance to meet them when I did and I have the pictures to cherish forever.

If your going abroad every year for lengthy periods of time, it's a different scenario.  If these are occasional trips for special reasons, well you know my opinion.

To the PP, not everything is black and white and to say that absolutely no one should go abroad during the school year for any reason whatsoever because that means they don't value education may work for your family it doesn't mean its the right way for everyone.  [/quote]

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