FTA Spotlight: Re/Defining Family Travel > Make Family Travel an Accepted Form of Education
This is the discussion page for the second of 12 core family travel topics being presented in collaboration with the Family Travel Association (FTA).
Our topic is Make Family Travel an Accepted Form of Education (read the short essay in this link first or review the summary below).
Summary: When it comes to educating our children, the world giveth and the schools often taketh away. Whether you choose to vacation abroad or closer to home, the inescapable reality is that we live in an increasingly global world. And yet too many schools – especially in the public school system – are unfailingly failing our kids by believing that more learning occurs in a classroom than in the world beyond it. Any adult who gives a child the gift of travel, however, bestows the gift that keeps on giving; you get your most important diploma in life from travel. We owe our children their global tomorrows by raising well-traveled and world-ready students.
We are very keen to learn what you think of the changing faces of traveling families, so please share your thoughts below.
About the Family Travel Association and Re/Define Family Travel Campaign
The Family Travel Association is an organization that aims to inspire families to travel together by bringing together the world’s leading suppliers, resources and experts on traveling with kids.
At the end of September this year, the FTA is hosting its first annual Summit. Over the course of two full days, an assembly of industry executives and family travel experts will expand upon topics essential to a rounded understanding of the challenges of family travel.
In anticipation of that, Outbounding is collaborating with the FTA to count down the 12 weeks leading up to the Summit by spotlighting the 12 core family travel topics to the public. Each week, as part of its FTA Spotlight: Re/Define Family Travel campaign, we will open a discussion board in where you can feedback in reaction to an introductory essay written about the topic.
Following the Summit, Outbounding will again join forces with the FTA as it initiates a 12-month process of digging much deeper into each of these topics, one per month. By the time the FTA gathers for its next Summit in September 2016, it expects to have a much more powerful grasp of what's at play in family travel, fueled in part by your input here.