[reformedliberal]

Yes! I am laughing here!

When my son was 9, we took a trip to the South Pacific. I planned it so that the first 2 weeks would be in Tahiti during the 10 days of his Christmas vacation.

When he was 21, we were going through some of the pictures we had taken. He said:"I barely remember that. You should have put the money in the bank for me. It would have earned interest and I could have it now."

Good luck to Hilton, her fluency in Mandarin and her memories of Shanghai at the age of two!!

And to her parents: I expect Hilton and her privileged friends will appreciate being able to talk about dope, boys and breaking the rules in a language her parents cannot understand.

[OldFriend]

Perhaps we ought not to be reading to our children before the age of 9 either.

Just keep feeding their bank accounts rather than their minds.

[John Robertson]

You're right, you're right, you're right. And little Hilton will find herself using the language bit as a prestige wedge anyway.

As for the kids not remembering anything, when I pointed this out to my wife, she said, But if you say you took them, even if they don't remember, they're going to ask to see the pictures from the trip.

Easy, I replied: Tell them they were lost in a fire. You know, the one where dad rescued everybody? That's a two-fer: Save the money, become a hero.