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Taking kids anywhere is awful, and they can suck the joy out of absolutely any fun activity. You go somewhere you want to go (or even somewhere the kid wants to go) with a brat in tow and you can't even enjoy it because the kid will immediately start crying about everything: they're hungry but don't want any food that is readily available, they don't want to walk anymore, they want to go home, they're upset that they don't have their favorite toy, they piss themselves and now they're wet, they want to take their shoes off, they're thirsty, they don't like how their shirt feels, they fell because they refuse to pick up their feet to walk, they want something they saw and can't have it, they want (other parent that isn't there), they're cranky and do that snot-sucking whine-moan fake crying that sounds like a cow on helium just because they can. Just to name a few.
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I've come across parents like you describe, both moms and dads (and I do agree that moms are more likely to have a female friend along). If they're going the opposite way, I usually encounter the kids first. Sometimes they're obnoxious or awful, sometimes they're just kids. The parent is often on their phone. Usually they look woefully under-prepared, with the parent carrying a single water bottle and kids carrying nothing at all.
I've found these types don't venture in more than a couple miles, so if I'm on a popular hiking trail I try to put in a couple miles straightaway. I may run into people 6.5 miles in, but at least it won't be famblee broods. A steep grade right away also keeps out the kiddies. One of the best places I backpacked was miles in, with no town near the trailhead and started with a two-mile uphill grind right out the gate. After that, it leveled off into some gorgeous rolling terrain not typically found in that part of the Rockies. My friend and I ran into a couple other hiking parties, but no one was under sixteen or eighteen years old by my guess.
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Taking kids anywhere is awful, and they can suck the joy out of absolutely any fun activity. You go somewhere you want to go (or even somewhere the kid wants to go) with a brat in tow and you can't even enjoy it because the kid will immediately start crying about everything: they're hungry but don't want any food that is readily available, they don't want to walk anymore, they want to go home, they're upset that they don't have their favorite toy, they piss themselves and now they're wet, they want to take their shoes off, they're thirsty, they don't like how their shirt feels, they fell because they refuse to pick up their feet to walk, they want something they saw and can't have it, they want (other parent that isn't there), they're cranky and do that snot-sucking whine-moan fake crying that sounds like a cow on helium just because they can. Just to name a few.
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You have remarkable observation Cambion and write in detail which most moos and duhs couldn't do, despite living with kids.
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Taking kids anywhere is awful, and they can suck the joy out of absolutely any fun activity. You go somewhere you want to go (or even somewhere the kid wants to go) with a brat in tow and you can't even enjoy it because the kid will immediately start crying about everything: they're hungry but don't want any food that is readily available, they don't want to walk anymore, they want to go home, they're upset that they don't have their favorite toy, they piss themselves and now they're wet, they want to take their shoes off, they're thirsty, they don't like how their shirt feels, they fell because they refuse to pick up their feet to walk, they want something they saw and can't have it, they want (other parent that isn't there), they're cranky and do that snot-sucking whine-moan fake crying that sounds like a cow on helium just because they can. Just to name a few.Quote
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You have remarkable observation Cambion and write in detail which most moos and duhs couldn't do, despite living with kids.
Seconded. That was a freaking masterpiece.
I do not know why parunts drag there kids to theaters, museums, etc. with the expectation that anyone will enjoy anything because with little kids in tow it's guaranteed that nobody will enjoy anything.
Well I probably do know the reason: the parunts want to get out of the house and why not make everyone suffer because they forgot to take birth control.
Seriously, raise them correctly and wait until they are maybe 10 or 11 and are old enough to appreciate something, if you haven't handed everything to them. (I realize that's a big IF.)
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And there is no better birth control or validation of CFdom than watching other people deal with their kids in public.
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bell_flower, I remember my parents taking us to museums when I was probably about four or so...I liked those kinds of places a lot. Still do. Maybe my parents just managed to get kids who were into museums, or they conveyed their own enthusiasm well enough that we bought into it. Maybe they timed the trips based on the stamina of the youngest kid. Either way, I'd ASK to to go the natural history museum and the living history village. I guess it can be done.
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Maybe they timed the trips based on the stamina of the youngest kid.
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Oh fuck, I have never once heard of anyone actually having a good family vacation. I'm glad my family never went anywhere because vacations are one of the most miserable experiences a family can have for every single person involved. The parents do it for the Kodak moments so they can show everyone online what good parents they are, but I guarantee you anything NO ONE on that trip enjoyed themselves. The younger brats are doing their best to escape and/or Darwinize themselves every single second and the older kids are immersed in their phones and asking 20 minutes after arriving when they'll be going home.
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Eventually when I was around seven (siblings around ten and thirteen) we drove across a couple states for a week at a beach house. No major agendas, no theme parks, just swimming and playing on the beach. I'm sure that wore out my parents, but at least they didn't try to overschedule our trip, ya know? I think they figured that for 3 kids from a landlocked state, being able to swim in the ocean every day was truly awesome enough.
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Eventually when I was around seven (siblings around ten and thirteen) we drove across a couple states for a week at a beach house. No major agendas, no theme parks, just swimming and playing on the beach. I'm sure that wore out my parents, but at least they didn't try to overschedule our trip, ya know? I think they figured that for 3 kids from a landlocked state, being able to swim in the ocean every day was truly awesome enough.
This would have been my perfect idea of a vacation as a kid. Not all kids enjoy theme parks. Some kids do, I remember the kids that were Disney maniacs and all things Disney. Typically these kids also happened to strongly resemble the appearance of the most angelic characters.
Sometimes it is the parents who want to go to the theme parks and drag their kids along.