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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ireland or Germany would be perfect[/quote]

Not the OP, but also thinking about doing Germany as our first international family trip with an 12
year old.

Wasn’t sure how fun it would be?  Will take any suggestions as to why Germany would be a good option![/quote]

Food!  Castles!  Fascinating cities!  History!  I first went to Germany when I was 12 and I loved it.  We were in Bavaria (we were tagging along to a talk my dad was giving in Munich) and visited like four different ones, all amazing.

On a more serious note, my parents also took us to Dachau which made a lot of things real in a way that my history classes never could and I’m glad we went.[/quote]
OP here. I like the idea of Germany and will look in to it, Dublin and London are other likely options. For those asking, one parent has been to Canada and Mexico, the other has traveled more extensively but not recently. [/quote]

Germans in my experience are very family-friendly and like children. It was [b]so much more relaxing to have a (little) kid in public there than in the US[/b]. I was shocked because their reputation is uptight. Granted I am a German speaker so maybe that helps, but it was such a nice atmosphere.[/quote]

I am really surprised to her this!! I've been to Germany a lot but not with young kids.
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PP. I felt this way generally in western Europe. A[b]merica is really just not welcoming to children[/b]. (And maybe it's because we have such poorly behaved ones, in general...or it's a vicious cycle where parents don't feel comfortable taking kids to restaurants etc., and then the kids are never trained to be in restaurants.)[/quote]

Maybe because I am comparing to Latin America? But my experience as a youth in Germany was that it was very antikid -- seen and not heard and all that.[/quote]

Oh, yeah compared to Latin America it's not as warm, for sure. And I have a very compliant well-behaved kid so my perspective is a bit colored by that.

OP, southern Europe is also very kid friendly, on this note.[/quote]

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