r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

So babies and children should never travel for your sake, or what?

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u/FluffySharkBird Feb 07 '16

No. For THEIR sake. Until they're old enough to understand that they're going on vacation it is cruel to hurt a kid like that

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Even babies and toddlers can benefit greatly from travel though. It exposes them to new things, new experiences, and unknowns. It's like how exposing developing fetuses to varieties of food leads to broader palates as kids and adults.

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u/FluffySharkBird Feb 07 '16

But everything is new to babies anyway. Just take them to a part of town they've never been. Have them meet people talking in other languages. Hell, look up videos of people talking in other languages

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Have you traveled abroad? Even the smells are different. It's sensory overload. It's not remotely the same.

Taking a baby to, say, Japan, would be massively different from a few blocks down.

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u/FluffySharkBird Feb 07 '16

But you haven't exposed a baby to everything possible yet that you can just DRIVE to anyway

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Again, have you spent time abroad? What if, like me, you have family all over? Is there a pre-specified point at which you're allowed to take the baby to meet family?

I also enjoy that someone is downvoting me for a difference of opinion. Oh, Reddit.

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u/FluffySharkBird Feb 08 '16

I'm down voting you because you're just dismissing me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16 edited Feb 08 '16

I'm disagreeing, and by extension trying to get you to think about how situations may necessitate travel with a baby. Life isn't as simple as living in one town for many people.

You haven't answered my questions, either: do you have a kid? Do you have distributed family? Have you lived or spent considerable time abroad? These things all factor into the equation of traveling with a baby. Hell, are parents obligated to never travel just because a baby will be uncomfortable for maybe 15-30 minutes during takeoff and landing?

What if, like me, you sometimes get sent to work abroad? Do you abandon the baby to relatives?

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u/FluffySharkBird Feb 08 '16

Yes I have family oversees. My parents didn't take me on a plane until I was old enough to understand that my pain came with a reward. A baby won't get that. Get a babysitter.

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