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I don't get the scenario you're imagining. Each friend goes away for a week 1-2 times per school year and that's somehow catastrophic?

incone123 4y ago
I take it to mean no other children at the holiday destination to play with
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chimeracoder 4y ago
> I don't get the scenario you're imagining. Each friend goes away for a week 1-2 times per school year and that's somehow catastrophic? No, they're saying that there's nobody else for them to play with while on vacation. Some people, particularly with younger kids, plan vacations that have some sort of child care component to them, which gives the kid opportunity to socialize with other kids their own age (and also gives the parent some free time to do things that they can't do while taking care of their kids). Some hotels offer this as part of the package, as do cruise ships, etc.
- hombre_fatal 4y ago
  I see, because it's not on holiday. Wouldn't everyone doing this make it more likely that your kid meets a playmate, then? If I have two strikes after this comment, I'll just see myself out.
  - chimeracoder 4y ago
    > I see, because it's not on holiday. Wouldn't everyone doing this make it more likely that your kid meets a playmate, then? Currently, everyone with kids takes vacations at the same time. That means that all kids go on vacation at the same time, so whenever they're on vacation, there are likely to be lots of other kids there. If everyone with kids took vacations at staggered times, fewer kids would be on vacation at any given time, meaning whenever they're on vacation, there are likely to be fewer kids there. That is the tradeoff that OP is referring to.
    - hombre_fatal 4y ago
      That makes sense. I hope OP learned their lesson. I demand spoonfeeding.
      - disgruntledphd2 4y ago
        I'll remember that in future ;) More generally, if you have a small child, the probability of sleep deprivation is pretty high, so i should have taken that into account.

incone123 4y ago

I take it to mean no other children at the holiday destination to play with

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chimeracoder 4y ago

> I don't get the scenario you're imagining. Each friend goes away for a week 1-2 times per school year and that's somehow catastrophic? No, they're saying that there's nobody else for them to play with while on vacation. Some people, particularly with younger kids, plan vacations that have some sort of child care component to them, which gives the kid opportunity to socialize with other kids their own age (and also gives the parent some free time to do things that they can't do while taking care of their kids). Some hotels offer this as part of the package, as do cruise ships, etc.

hombre_fatal 4y ago
I see, because it's not on holiday. Wouldn't everyone doing this make it more likely that your kid meets a playmate, then? If I have two strikes after this comment, I'll just see myself out.
- chimeracoder 4y ago
  > I see, because it's not on holiday. Wouldn't everyone doing this make it more likely that your kid meets a playmate, then? Currently, everyone with kids takes vacations at the same time. That means that all kids go on vacation at the same time, so whenever they're on vacation, there are likely to be lots of other kids there. If everyone with kids took vacations at staggered times, fewer kids would be on vacation at any given time, meaning whenever they're on vacation, there are likely to be fewer kids there. That is the tradeoff that OP is referring to.
  - hombre_fatal 4y ago
    That makes sense. I hope OP learned their lesson. I demand spoonfeeding.
    - disgruntledphd2 4y ago
      I'll remember that in future ;) More generally, if you have a small child, the probability of sleep deprivation is pretty high, so i should have taken that into account.