I think it’s important to take our families on a variety of different types of vacations. I think children should get a chance to experience many different things as they are growing up. International travel, off-the-beaten-path travel, travel to family hot spots like Disneyland and nature-based travel are all important for kids. I certainly want my kids to grow up with a range of different experiences.
Nevertheless, there are some types of travel adventures that I’m never going to take my kids to enjoy. And, truth be told, I really hope that they don’t get the urge to do these things even though I like to believe that I want them to have whichever life experiences are right for them.
The five travel adventures I’d prefer my kids miss out on are:
1. Extreme Bungee Jumping. A lot of people like to travel to exotic locations and to bungee jump off of high cliffs or bridges in those beautiful areas. I envision the bungee cord snapping and my children plunging to their untimely deaths in some foreign destination. I hope they skip this one.
2. Swim with Sharks. My eldest has already asked about swimming with sharks. She saw it when we were looking up information on whale watching and swimming with dolphins. I tried to explain to her that a dolphin and a shark are not the same thing. And that I’m not getting into a cage surrounded by sharks for any reason at all!
3. Tank Adventures. This is where you learn to drive a tank and go out and crush things with it. I’m opposed to the destruction and violence of this one. Plus it’s really expensive and I want to teach my kids to mostly enjoy budget travel. Luckily my kids are too young to be interested in this yet but I can see the little one asking about it someday.
4. Cliff Jumping. I admit that I have done this before from low heights and actually found it really fun. I think it can be great if you do it safely. However it’s not something that I want my kids doing right now. Maybe I can be flexible about this on in the future.
5. Skydiving. I dislike this one for the same reason that I dislike bungee jumping. I hope my kids never want to do it – either on vacation or close to home!
Are there activities you don’t want your kids to enjoy on vacation? What are they?
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