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The Key to Traveling With Kids Is Honestly Not Doing All That Much - Yahoo
I’VE ALWAYS said that the two most important things a Black American parent can buy for their young children are swimming lessons and a passport.
That’s because swimming and travel are effective tools for teaching children not to be limited by fear.
When both of my kids were young, they took swimming lessons, and now they’re capable swimmers. That was the (relatively) easy one. Travel was trickier.
Not only was it less goal-oriented—you either swim or, ahem, sink—I had admittedly set the bar quite high. I wanted to help my children develop into . . . wait for it . . . sophisticated travelers.
I’VE ALWAYS said that the two most important things a Black American parent can buy for their young children are swimming lessons and a passport.
That’s because swimming and travel are effective tools for teaching children not to be limited by fear.
When both of my kids were young, they took swimming lessons, and now they’re capable swimmers. That was the (relatively) easy one. Travel was trickier.
Not only was it less goal-oriented—you either swim or, ahem, sink—I had admittedly set the bar quite high. I wanted to help my children develop into . . . wait for it . . . sophisticated travelers.