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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My perspective is probably a bit different on this, but due to a combination of extensive work travel last summer (for me) and a move and a husband with an inflexible work schedule, my almost 4 year old spent the summer several states away with my parents. We visited 3 times and took her on a week long vacation and attempted to FaceTime daily, but time zone changes for me made that difficult some days. She has been begging since she came home to go back for the whole summer again. The plan is to go for just 2 weeks this summer and she is very disappointed.

We also left her when she 15 months for 7 days/6 nights with my parents, 2 days/1 night when she was a year, and 4 days/3 nights when she was a bit over two.[/quote]

Sounds like your 4yr old likes the stability of her grandparents instead of the instability of her own parents.  That is sad.  [/quote]

Not PP, but are you for real? Did you not have loving grandparents?  My grandparents lived in the same house as us, and I loved spending time with them.  I still cherish my memories with them.  I have no issues with kids spending time with other members of the family, with or without me.

Family is very important to me and DH - at the end of the day, it's what matters the most. Part of becoming close as a family means spending time together in different configurations. So my niece and nephew have slept over at our house with their cousins and vice versa.  My kids have vacationed with their grandparents and without us.  We have also all vacationed together.  We consider ourselves fortunate to be able to take trips with our kids and also alone, to enjoy time alone together - after all, one of the reasons we got married was because we enjoy each other's company!

I want to model a loving family to my children, and part of that is showing that it's OK for parents to vacation without their children, while the children have a blast connecting with other family members.  Frankly, I am surprised that some folks never travel without their children.  [/quote]

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