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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:50 PM Original message |
Is 11 yrs old too young to travel abroad and learn about the world |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Alone? Yes. Accompanied? No. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I did say "With his Mom" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yep. I answered the question as-stated in subject line, and then as-stated in the body... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. No. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You forgot the :sarcasm: thingy ... or maybe not? nt |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. ? |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Oops ... saw your "No" but forgot the question of the OP ... apologies! |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fantastic opportunity -- I wish I'd had the same as a young person |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. I promised my 13 y.o granddaughter a trip to Rome for her bat mitzvah. |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. How about the gift of the trip for a time to be determined? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. That is really what it is. She was my first grandchild and much anticipated and loved. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Sorry to hear that |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Thanks for your info. It helps me. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not at all since it's with his mom. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why would it be too young? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. My daughters had more stamps on their passports by age 10, than I did by age 30 |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. NO NO NO |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think kids benefit most after the age of 7. Before then, not much. After then, a lot. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. On the contrary |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, NOT "on the contrary" ... the question is about a "visit." Travel. NOT residency. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's a beautiful thing you're doing! Good to get a glimpse at other cultures and mindsets |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't know, is the broad classy? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. My kids have been taking trips to Europe annually since they were 2 years old. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Never too young. By the time I was that age I had visited every state west of the Mississippi. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. That will be a fantastic experience for him |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. With a parent? DEFINITELY not! |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. My parents took me all over the world as a child. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'll add another voice to the No chorus |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. I went to El Salvador for two months when I was that age. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sounds like a wonderful experience. Hope he has great time. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not at all |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Never too young |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
33. By the time I was 11 I had lived in three countries for at least 2 years each |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh heck no |
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Summermoondancer (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. My son has lived in a foreign country EXCELLENT!!! |
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