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Originally Posted by rechu
True, one can travel with kids. However, it's definitely not the same. First of all, with the expense of children, you probably have less income left over to spend on traveling, plus, more people makes travel more expesive.
And for me, traveling with kids seems extremely stressful. I was the oldest of three, so I observed how it was when we took family trips. You always have to keep them occupied and plan things that they want to do. Nothing about that sounds appealing. I'd come back from vacation more tired than when I started.
Additionally the type of traveling we like to do would be very boring to a child.
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It depends on how many kids you have and how they behave. Not every kid is exhausting.
Kids grow up extremely fast too. Unless you have kids who fail to launch and are still attached to your hip and 40 (or serious case of children with disabilities then independence might come later), they become independent quite early. Then they can join you on your trips or havd their own etc and you have your own, it depends.
I’ve been all over the world with my daughter (and when she is grown without her, although me and her travel together on occasion), well ok I only have one, but my brother has three kids, one still at home and they’ve been everywhere. Granted we had kids young and they all become independent early. I most certainly didn’t miss anything in life by having a kid.
Sure kids are expensive and so is everything else. One does need to have a decen paid job to afford more than basics.