<p class="ql-block">前天在朋友圈发了一篇对太太情怀的日志，有些朋友纷纷问我对孩子的关怀。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">除了生活的日常，如照顾孩子的起居饮食，关心他们的健康成长，其实我也与对待太太的做法一样，特地与他们一起去旅游。</p> <p class="ql-block">过去十几年，我的确带着太太与孩子去过一些景点游玩，不知不觉间，发现已经去了不少地方。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">孩子去过的地方，其中包括新加坡、马来西亚柔佛、吉隆坡、云顶高原、金马伦、泰国曼谷、芭提雅、普吉岛、印尼巴厘岛、民丹岛、越南富国岛、日本东京、冲绳岛、韩国首尔、美国旧金山、洛杉矶、中国北京、哈尔滨、长春、沈阳、清远、番禺、珠海、澳门、台北、花莲、南投县等。</p> <p class="ql-block">我并没想太多，是否要带孩子走遍全世界，这个愿景应该只会与太太分享，而且随着孩子逐渐成长，我们一家人一起去旅游的几率，将会越来越少。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">这，就是我们在这个社会上的生活定律，因为每个人，在不同的人生阶段，都需要体会不同的生活。而孩子在成长的过程中，只会与我们越走越远，这一点，我们都要学会释怀。</p> <p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">安排与孩子去旅游，是想让他们有机会见多识广，并了解到各地方的风土民情、文化差异。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">但其实与家人一起旅游，重点并不是旅游，而是与家人在一起。。</p> <p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Last 2 days ago, I wrote about how I felt about my wife in my log. Then some of my friends asked me about my care for our kids.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Beyond the daily routines of life, such as tending to our kid's daily needs & ensuring their healthy growth, I make a point to travel with them, much like what I do with my wife.</p> <p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Over the past decade or so, I have indeed taken my wife & our kids to various places. And without much realizing it, I’ve noticed we’ve already visited quite a few places.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Some of the places our kids have been to include Singapore; Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Genting Highlands & Cameron Highlands in Malaysia; Bangkok, Pattaya, & Phuket in Thailand; Bali & Bintan Island in Indonesia; Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam; Tokyo & Okinawa in Japan; Seoul in South Korea; San Francisco & Los Angeles in U.S.; as well as Beijing, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Qingyuan, Panyu, Zhuhai, Macao, Taipei, Hualien & Nantou County in Mainland & offshore China.</p> <p class="ql-block">I’ve never really thought too deeply about if I should take our kids to see the whole world. I think this kind of dream is something I’d only share with my wife. Moreover, as our kids grow older, the chances of our family traveling together will inevitably become fewer & fewer.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Such is the way of the world. Each of us must live through different chapters of life. And as our kids journey through theirs, we must come to terms with the fact that they will inevitably drift apart from us.</p> <p class="ql-block">The reason I plan trips with our kids is to give them opportunities to broaden their horizons & understand the local customs & cultural differences of various places.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">But in truth, the focus of traveling with family isn’t really the travel itself. It’s about being together as a family..</p>