Black Kids Abroad: The Mental Health Benefits of Blacks Traveling Young

Some of us have been blessed to travel abroad and spend part of our lives as nomads, globe-trotting and collecting life-changing experiences through travel. As adults, we’re well aware of the benefits of travel; relaxation, an increased global awareness, and helping us find the purpose to our lives, to name a few. But, how many of us have realized that travel benefits kids as well? Traveling with kids allows us to strengthen family bonds, provides kids with new experiences, and also prepares them to function as global citizens in the 21st century. According to Forbes.com, here are some of the reasons why traveling while Black and Young are so important. 1. Make them citizens of the world. Children are more adaptable than we are, and the earlier we can expose them to otherness in all its various forms, the less likely they are to become solipsistic as they grow into their consciousness and power. Sheltering them from the actual world might lead them to assume that the world they know is the only one that exists, except in fairy tales. RELATED: Traveling? 6 Tips To Expediting Your Time Through TSA 2. Get them to eat weird stuff. There’s nothing like...