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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s lazy parenting to say “oh my kid is just exposed to such nice things they can’t help it!”

My daughter is extremely well travelled for her age, as as long as she’s been verbal we’ve explained when we talk about trips with our friends we talk about people first not places.

I.e. I went to see my grandfather for Christmas Not I went to Switzerland for Christmas, I went on a trip with my mother for her work Not I spent a week in Hawaii. If someone wants to know where you’ve been they’ll ask.

Not only is this better manners it helps kids focus on things they have in common like family not ways to make distinctions like money or brands.  As they’re older they understand about empathy but when they’re young, their parents need to teach them good manners. 
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This is kind of forced. We travel as a family of three. 
"What did you do over Christmas break?"
"I went on a trip with my parents." (yes, like everyone else...)

People want to know what you did over break. If you stayed at home or saw Christmas lights an hour away, fine. If you flew to see London and Paris, fine. It's not inherently better or braggy to just come out and say you went to Hawaii or Switzerland than to say you went to Montana. You're forcing the value judgment on there by avoiding the subject. It's like people who say they went to school just outside of Boston or "in Cambridge". We get it, you went to Harvard. Just say it. It's more holier-than-thou and braggy to try to spare someone's feelings through your assumption that you are superior!)[/quote]

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