What do the trips bring to the children?
There are many activities that can be done as a family. A catalog that varies according to the time of year, such as travels taking advantage of summer vacations. A choice that has many benefits for the child as it is the perfect opportunity to strengthen family ties between parents and children, at the same time that other cultures are known.
In addition, these moments also suppose an exit of the habitual routine that is known during all the months of the year. Definitely, travel with children is an option that brings multiple benefits to them, as well as to the parents, who will have the opportunity to live unrepeatable moments with their children both on the way and at the destination.
Learning on the trip
Traveling means learning. Not only because when you arrive at a destination, cultural visits to museums and other places with their corresponding history give the child certain knowledge. But because these journeys they involve the learning of certain norms of social behavior and behavior. The child leaves his comfort zone, and although he is accompanied by his parents, he will be immersed in another environment that he will have to face.
This will mean that the child understands that the way of seeing the life that he or she usually knows is not the only way. Which at the same time will generate in him a greater tolerance to those people and environments that do not adapt to what he usually lives. Travel expands its sights and makes them mature in the social field knowing other contexts.
Facing new environments will also improve your ability to adaptation. Leaving the comfort zone means living in an environment that is foreign but does not have to be bad. The child will learn during this trip that he can stay in different places, without any harm to him. On the contrary, you will know new things that you could not have seen in your usual routine.
Also the trip itself can teach the child values, such as the patience. The fact of being locked in the same space for hours before arriving at a destination will make the child learn that nothing is immediate and that you have to know how to wait. In addition, in these journeys can also be used to strengthen the parental-affiliates and know each other.
Family participation
Trips can also be a good option to increase the implication of minors in family life. Starting with the planning of the same, during which you can ask the children what destinations they would like to visit during vacations and making them participants in the decision making process. In this way they will feel more integrated within the structure of the home.
At the end of the trip, the family can also be a space for discussion by asking the child what they thought of this vacation. In this way, the home will once again be a core of debate where the child will reinforce his critical thinking by having to explain his position. The parents They should also try to nurture this aspect by asking the motives of their children and not staying in the "what" but in the "why".
Finally, parents can ask the More smalls what they would like to see next time so that the trip can continue to be a topic of conversation in the home, even if it is not being done. An excuse to talk among all the members of the family throughout the year and where the child can learn to defend their position.
Damián Montero
