Originally Posted by
feobrien
Maybe I'm getting old here - but growing up we just didn't travel much with small children. We didn't take them to nice restaurants either. We took vacations closer to home and ate at family friendly restaurants. When old enough we started flying and going to be better restaurants
You're correct. But the world is much different now. Airfares are much lower since deregulation. Babysitters are much more expensive. And maybe most importantly, the new generation of parents are often afraid to let their young children out of their sight for more than a few minutes. That's not a knock on parenting skills, just an observation. It's different than when many of us were children...as to which method works better, only time will tell.