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View submission: Travel not for me anymore
I enjoyed travel before I had kids but it wasn’t something I felt I couldn’t live without.
Now I have kids I’m meh on the idea. I think you also have to be considerate of the temperament and preferences of your kids. My kids are at an age where they still need a lot of support with their emotional regulation and doing that in a travel environment is exhausting because they also find new environments deregulating. It’s not a holiday. I’m sure there would be some great experiences peppered into the hard work but probably not enough to justify putting us all through that before we master emotional regulation in slower paced and more familiar environments. Some kids travel like a dream though so as with all things kid: YMMV.
We do go camping. Basically pitch a tent next to the ocean and don’t leave for two weeks except to walk to the shops 300m away.
Comment by Wagon789 at 23/02/2025 at 12:14 UTC
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Camping is great and you are very lucky if the weather is in your favour. We used to do so much camping in the height of covid. But now a lot less for sure, maybe it is something I will have to revisit.