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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an almost 15 year old DD and she is also not really into the museums/history. We just got back from the UK and Paris. The trip wasn't for her - she just had to come along because there wasn't anyone to leave her with. The only parts she really enjoyed were (as expected) the Harry Potter Museum, Madama Tussauds and Disneyland Paris. She also loved shopping in London. It was honestly kind of a drag taking her to Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, St. Chappelle, etc.

DH and I have decided that we are shelving Europe/further until our kids are in college. They aren't ungrateful, they just don't really enjoy the trips and it doesn't make sense to keep taking them. They can take themselves later when they mature more (if they even want to go.)[/quote]

But try to take your kids to some well done, interactive museums in the U.S. then.  Make sure they have read a book or have some background.  Otherwise they will grow up to be the same type of adult.[/quote]

I have 2 siblings and we all grew up in the same house, went to the same schools, had the same opportunities. We are wildly different people and have been since we were kids. One of my siblings was like OPs kid, and still is like that. I was the reader of the family, always interested in learning and seeing new things. Still am. My kids are also wildly different and have been since pretty much birth. [b]You are fooling yourself if you think you can manufacture a kid who will be interested in things because you are.[/b][/quote]

Kids... 30, 27, 24, 21.  All spent huge numbers of hours in museums and at national parks during time at home, and all enjoy them now.  Been there, done that. (But I didn't just march my kids into every random place; we read and learned history, etc. at home before visiting.  Even watching "Horrible Histories" for my youngest made places like the Tower of London, the Globe or the Roman baths in Bath really fun, for example.)

Vacations should cater a little bit to everyone's interests, but everyone should be stretched as well.[/quote]

Nerds[/quote]

I'm so insulted...  :roll: [/quote]

I'll translate PP's comment for you. "Cultured people." ;)

Honestly, I can't believe there are people raised to believe that interest in culture or history is somehow weird. If this is the case, save your money, stay home, and go to the mall.[/quote]

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