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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think that traveling is important as is exposing your child to as many things as possible at an early age (before five).  You still have time, OP.  [/quote]

Which they then forget, because that is how their brains work.

OP, just pretend you took her places. She'll never know.[/quote]

The brain synapses are there from travel, PP.  Has nothing to do with memory.  Travel is great for little kids.  [/quote]

+1  as well as emotional pathways.  A baby learns he/she is safe in a totally different environment with different sounds, smells, and sights.  Promotes self-sufficiency and well-being as well as risk taking.

Like PP wrote, retrievable memory has nothing to do with it.  The baby's senses have all been enlivened.  [/quote]

Oh come off it.

A farmers market sounds different than a grocery store.

You don't need to go to a different continent.  [/quote]

This.  Yes, it's good to expose your child to the world outside your doors.  There is absolutely nothing magical about travelling to another state or country.  If there were, humans would have serious problems, because most people for most of history didn't take their babies all over the world if they could help it.  They stayed in the same village or town or city or county.  And their brains developed just fine.  Travel is nice, if you want to do it and can afford it.  So is going to the park, the farmers market, the grocery store, the zoo, and the museum.  And taking hikes and nature walks.  And listening to music.

The bigger problem, as I see it, is that you feel unable to travel because you can't control your child.  [/quote]

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