My own kid is twelve years old now, and thanks to the pandemic had spent more than two years without a trip outside his home state of Western Australia. I wish it could have been otherwise, but what excited me no end on our recent trip to New South Wales was that all this time without travel hadn't blunted his enthusiasm for it - quite the opposite, perhaps, he was more excited than ever to step on a plane and explore someplace new to him. On this trip I saw so many ways that our past travels had shaped him, so I was keen to put together this episode of other voices saying the same about their own kids.
First up, I chat with Carmen and David Allan-Petale who spent a year and a half travelling around Australia in a caravan with their young daughter. The stories they share of her experiences and how they believe it shaped her personality are truly heartwarming.
Next, I speak to Erika Kritikides from Intrepid Travel. Her son's experiences of China as a six-year-old - what was important to him, and how he dealt with such a unique trip - confirm that travel really shapes kids.
Finally, I talk to Eliza Raymond who is literally doing a PhD on what kids learn from travel - truly a woman after my own heart! I can't wait to see the results of her studies (and hope she confirms what this episode anecdotally proves to be true!).
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162 Choosing Where to Live Abroad
161 Cycling Across the World
160 Cairns and Queensland Podcast Diary
159 Languages and Travel
158 When Travel Days Go Wrong
157 Uncommon Destinations
156 How Travel Stretches Our Comfort Zone
155 What's So Special About India?
154 Dancing on Your Travels
153 Reading Books to Inspire Travel
152 Transformative Travel
151 Scuba Diving Travel
150 Post-Denmark Thoughtful Travel Debrief
149 - Class and Privilege When We Travel
148 - Solo Travelling
147 - Ten Years a Nomad with Nomadic Matt Kepnes
146 - Travelling in Iran
145 - Volunteering Experiences While Travelling
144 - Grief, Travel and Change
143 - Helpful or Harmful Travel with Jan Fran
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