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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, when your kids go to Europe (and how old are they, btw?) Do they stay with family? Because that is a completely different and much more meaningful experience than spending 3k so my kid can be bossed around by middle school DCPS scolding principals and teachers as they (the kids) try to duck around in rooms at a hotel with their knucklehead classmates. [/quote]

14:01 here: Yes, the girls (6 and 10) spend time with family. Since you can't create family of course and have to establish these connections in a different format. I think what you're saying is that such a trip has to be designed to achieve the goal and has to be headed up by sincere and competent faculty. That's a different story that I can't speak to. But it doesn't seem impossible to me. For older kids, for example, the "host family" model is a option.

I mean, obviously you can always take your kids there yourself. But that'll be a little pricier. For example, our trip to Europe would be $6000 rather than $3000 and would have to be shorter to fit into our adult schedules, so even less returns for every $ spent. Also, do look at the true costs: That'll be $3000 minus the costs you'd incur at home, including transportation, food etc. (if it's out of school time then that's easily the cost of two weeks of day camp for example). That's how I look at our expenses anyway, which have given me headaches.[/quote]

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