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[quote=Anonymous]Here's my feeling. We've traveled all over the world with kids (I just posted two posts about trips coming up). My child still remembers trips we took in his first year or two. In part, this is because we make reviewing the photos, and talking about the adventures we had, part of our daily lives. We will talk about the trip, for example, and he will ask to see pictures of it. Sometimes he'll ask us if we remember things that we, the adults, don't remember. My son's first full sentence was "Appy go peanuts?" (Airplane go to Phoenix).

I've essentially dragged my family along for all business trips i've taken, whether internationally or not. Is it the same as going on your own? No. is it the same was going with older kids? No. it's different. But, inasmuch as kids are just part of our family now, they do what we do, and we (the parents) love to travel. We make accommodations so that the children can enjoy it.

Yes, absolutely, there are children's museums here and our kids will "appreciate" something different in a different way starting around 3 or 4. Still....nothing beats the excitement in a child's eyes seeing the Eiffel tower after reading about it in books. And nothing beats being able to do what you want to do and find fulfilling, as a grown up, with your kids in tow.

I would say, if you can afford it, and you are able to make the accommodations that traveling with kids requires (ie, don't expect to be out all night, don't be pissed off service is slower than you want, take pains to travel frequently, take pains to ensure your kids don't become accustomed to the Disneyfication of everything) you can do it and get great pleasure out of it.

It does help that they're sleeping through the night. But i certainly did it before mine were. :)

Have a great adventure, OP!  [/quote]

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