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Children/Adventure travel: How safe? How beneficial?

February 26, 2013 by kidstra

The ease, speed and comforts of modern travel enable parents to take ever younger children to ever more exotic and adventurous destinations. But is it reasonable to do so because it’s possible? Here are some thoughts: 1. Family adventure travel is a rapidly growing segment of the travel industry. More young children are going on […]

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Traveling Healthy

July 4, 2011 by kidstra

Polio in Russia. Measles in France. E. coli in Germany. Diseases that are particularly harmful to children. Diseases that you thought you would no longer hear much about are popping up in countries where you least expect to find them. Health-wise, is foreign travel become more hazardous? 1. On the contrary. Foreign travel is […]

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