Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I'm posting from first hand experience as well. My family has a long history of doing a lot of international travel.
And what you posted makes sense (and you also contribute quite a bit to the Travel with Children form, IIRC), but I don't think that it's a technical question at its core. If we pare things back to the letter, a US citizen needs a passport to enter Europe. That much is clear. But it's hard to go further without knowing OPs specific situation, and I can't imagine she'd want to fully detail that in an internet forum.
Obviously, my opinion is already upthread, but there are things you can do to make things easier if you have concerns. This discussion has gone toward whether OP
should have concerns, which is different from what to do
if OP has concerns. That's something else. Unless I missed the original question and I'm the one going off topic, then I'll shut up.