Comments on: 6 Questions with a Traveling Family http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/2009/12/03/6-questions-with-a-traveling-family/ Traveling the world one color at a time. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Trisha http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/2009/12/03/6-questions-with-a-traveling-family/comment-page-1/#comment-5439 Trisha Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:56:33 +0000 http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/?p=793#comment-5439 Traveling with kids has another long-range benefit - your kids grow up with so much more experience of the world and other cultures, great tolerance, and less stress about traveling. I grew up taking many camping vacations and other trips with my family, and learned something on every trip, whether that was how to build a campfire or how to speak a simple phrase in a new language. it doesn't matter how you travel, camping, low-budget, or luxury, but make a trip fun and educational for your kids, they'll be better people for it! Traveling with kids has another long-range benefit — your kids grow up with so much more experience of the world and other cultures, great tolerance, and less stress about traveling.

I grew up taking many camping vacations and other trips with my family, and learned something on every trip, whether that was how to build a campfire or how to speak a simple phrase in a new language. it doesn’t matter how you travel, camping, low-budget, or luxury, but make a trip fun and educational for your kids, they’ll be better people for it!

]]> By: Leigh http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/2009/12/03/6-questions-with-a-traveling-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Leigh Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:05:23 +0000 http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/?p=793#comment-1607 I always wonder why people think that just because you have kids, you have to stop traveling. Lila was just a bit older than Chloe when we first started traveling with her. Yes, as you say, the pace changes, but that's not always a bad thing. I've found having a child gains us entrance into cultures and communities we would otherwise miss. <a href="http://thefutureisred.typepad.com/onedayatatime/2008/05/exhausted-and-amazed.html" rel="nofollow">Our trip to the San Blas Islands</A> showed me this without a doubt. Drop me a line, too, if you make it down our way. I always wonder why people think that just because you have kids, you have to stop traveling.

Lila was just a bit older than Chloe when we first started traveling with her.

Yes, as you say, the pace changes, but that’s not always a bad thing. I’ve found having a child gains us entrance into cultures and communities we would otherwise miss.

Our trip to the San Blas Islands showed me this without a doubt.

Drop me a line, too, if you make it down our way.

]]> By: judy http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/2009/12/03/6-questions-with-a-traveling-family/comment-page-1/#comment-707 judy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:52:50 +0000 http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/?p=793#comment-707 This is a great post on family's travels! I have heard concerns about homeswapping with families, but in the end, they had an unbelievable experience! Family budget through rrofswap.com is an alternative way for your family to stay at a comfort of a home home, instead of five star hotel. Thanks for this lovely post! This is a great post on family’s travels! I have heard concerns about homeswapping with families, but in the end, they had an unbelievable experience! Family budget through rrofswap.com is an alternative way for your family to stay at a comfort of a home home, instead of five star hotel. Thanks for this lovely post!

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