Great article in The Wall Sireet Journal- when to take kids to WDW

[goofynme]

I have always been suprised at how opinionated so many people seem to be if you tell them you are taking your young kids to WDW. I have (on several occassions) walked away from a conversation thinking the person was trying to make me feel awful for subjecting my young kids to WDW.

I don't really care however, my oldest son will be 3 in a month and is going on his 6th trip (7 if you count when he was in mommies belly) and my 8 month old is going for his second trip in October (3rd if u count in womb). We have had such a great time every trip.

 

[magicmama]

I like your comments bobbiwoz! And so many of you have great comments!!

I have decided to just be quietly (or sometimes noisily) excited about my Disney trips myself. There are friends that do not get why we like to go every year or so. Some of them I invite to come with me to see what the magic is all about. Most turn me down! (which I expected!)

This may sound strange but maybe its ok that all these people don't share in the magic - it just makes it easier for all of us to enjoy the magic!!!!

 

[JudyS]

I have always been suprised at how opinionated so many people seem to be if you tell them you are taking your young kids to WDW. I have (on several occassions) walked away from a conversation thinking the person was trying to make me feel awful for subjecting my young kids to WDW....

I don't get why some people have to lecture other people on how to raise their kids. Every family and every child are different, so why do some people think they know what's best for other people's kids? I mean, of course there are some parents who are neglectful or even abusive, but the vast majority of parents are doing the best they can, and they know their kids better than anyone else does. Being a parent is tough enough without lots of people giving you all sorts of contradictory advuce.

I actually don't have children -- I have wanted to for many years, but it hasn't happened. My husband & I haven't ruled out adoption, so we may become parents by that route. If we do become parents, I think I'd find it extremely hard to do without my "Disney fix" for 5 or 6 years until the child was old enough to appreciate the experience. I think what's being left out of the "Should you go to WDW with small kids?" debate here is that there are really a limited number of places that parents can go to have fun that are also suitable for young children. My impression is that Disney does a very good job of accomodating families with small children (they really have to, since so many kids at the prime Disney age have younger siblings.) Of course, there are probably some young kids who find Disneyworld frightening or overwhelming, and then the family shouldn't go, but most kids certainly don't seem to mind being at Disneyworld, even if they won't remember it much. As long as the kids do OK at Disneyworld, what's wrong with the parents enjoying a trip there, even if their kids won't remember it later?