Is it meaningful to take children to tourist attractions?

Children will forget what you said and did during the trip, but they will remember how the trip made them feel.

I have a friend who has been traveling with her every year since her child was 2 years old. Gradually, she found that her children's cognition and curiosity about the world and their understanding and tolerance of new things were beyond her imagination.

In particular, she will take her children to see museums around the world. She thinks this is an appreciation and edification of children. When she observed that children would stop for a long time when they saw their favorite works of art, she posted copies of famous paintings from all over the world where children could see them. Later, the children pointed to the sunflowers at the Van Gogh Art Exhibition at the National Gallery in London and said, "Mom, look, my family has them too."

My friend told me that her eyes were red at that time and she was inexplicably moved. She feels that those trips are not over, but they are still bringing beauty.

The Hobbit 1: An Unexpected Journey says: "The real world is not in your book, not in your map, but outside the door. Travel is the best way for children to experience the world. I think a friend's child's sense of identity in seeing familiar works of art in a different place will make him more confident and secure, and his desire to explore the world will be stronger.

The idea of "feeling the bigger world" will always impact children's thoughts like the tide. With the inner motivation, his dream trip in life is on the road.

Therefore, the influence of travel on children is from the outside to the inside, which requires the companionship and guidance of parents. If you want children to improve their inner strength, you can't travel for the sake of traveling, be strangers with children, and immerse yourself in different landscapes and humanities.

Travel is the process of children's mixed blood. We should try our best to help him accumulate inspiration miles and let him feel unique colors, smells, sounds, temperatures, food, music, language, art, aesthetics and human faces.

Nine times out of ten, there will be many unpleasant things in life, and even four kinds of emotions are negative. Children will inevitably get hurt, disappointed and weak. I read Song Like Yi Hui's book "Children who love reading don't go bad". "When children are weak, let them travel."

Travel, like reading, helps children find themselves and find ways to reconcile with the world. Song Yi Hui said in it: "Every book, every trip, may transform children."

If children want to change and gain courage and strength, they should travel with them. Travel is the best experimental field, constantly breaking their principles, positions, structures and inertia, forcing them to leave the comfort of habit, forcing them to choose and trust strangers, forcing them to think independently and forcing them to be more free. Travel is a way for children to grow up savagely.

What is more precious is all kinds of "contingency" that children encounter during their travels. These accidental experiences are his wealth, and the children's own experiences will give him strength and courage. You can face all the strange difficulties, but what else is unacceptable?

Li Xinpin, a copywriter in Taiwan Province Province, was very introverted when she was a child. Because of an accidental overseas study tour, she had to learn to read maps, find directions, find food and make friends alone in a strange environment. At this time, she has no time to be afraid, and she has to take all the courage to face the strange environment. It can't be said that traveling has changed her since then, but this experience will give her positive strength when she encounters difficulties and tell her that "she can do it."

Children always have valleys, and the healing power in travel will push their grievances, sadness and weakness to a farther distance like the sea water, giving them a new angle to solve the current problems. Not to escape, but to be broader.

The farther away, the more children feel that the world is rich and their experiences are small. The hurdle that once could not be crossed becomes insignificant when it is considered in the vast world, diverse life and long-term life river.

Song Yihui said in "Children who love reading will not go bad" that "I hope children can have the opportunity to plan a trip boldly and seriously; I hope they can listen to the sound of time and find the most pleasant part of time. As Wu Ruoquan said in "Every time I set out, I am rediscovering myself". Every heart that longs for wandering has a soul that looks forward to landing all its life. However, if you keep going out, you can only pursue mental growth. You must learn to move inward, and you will truly gain spiritual maturity. "

Perhaps, we can't solve all the doubts in children's lives at once, but the care and companionship during the journey may make them more willing to take responsibility and find the dawn of brave progress.

Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino once said in On a Long Journey: "The scenery I saw when I was a child will remain in my mind. Until the fork in the road behind adults, it may not be what anyone has said, but the scenery I have seen. "

Getting along well with yourself and the people you cherish, and traveling from the inside out may help children face themselves, feel emotional calm and feel the enthusiasm of life and nature.

Drew Foster, president of Harvard, once said, "The breadth of a person's life determines his Excellence. A journey from childhood is the starting point for expanding the breadth of life. " In the future, let more travel constitute a part of the breadth of children's and our lives.

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