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Camping, roller coasters, Disney

Definitely no camping. We may not do amusement parks, at least not when LO is young. I like them but DH haaaaates them so I probably wouldn't take her until she was old enough to be fun taking alone.

Disney is sort of iffy. I hate it (yes, I've been). DH is indifferent but thinks it is overpriced. My inlaws are freaking obsessed though. Before i even popped LO out both MIL and FIL were basically fighting over who gets to take her first (they are divorced). But we wouldn't send her on vacation with them without us probably so at some point we might get worn down after years of being hassled about it lol.

@Mrs. High Heels: just curious, what is the reasoning behind no sleepovers?

Skiing. I'm scared of it and cold-weather vacations aren't really my thing.

Also sports-watching/tailgating. We will probably encourage him to play when he's little and go to his games of course, but we don't really follow college/professional sports, watch them on TV, join fantasy leagues, etc. We always joke about how we're not going to know how to handle it if our kids are athletic or into sports!

Tent Camping - I will do a camper with running water but absolutely will not sleep on the ground of a tent.

Otherwise i'll do pretty much every thing else people list

Pets, I didnt have any growing up but as an adult I had two dogs and a cat. DH grew up with pets. After our past dog passed away (DD knew our dog but didn't care much for her) DH said its too hard to have another pet. So no pets for DD.

My parents had a huge list of things that they refused to do or let us do, so as a result I would basically let my kids do whatever activity they wanted, even if I don't enjoy it. I remember being a kid and just wanting to do so much stuff that we absolutely weren't allowed to do - amusement parks, Chuckee Cheese, elite/competitive sports, waterparks, roadside attractions, go-karting, staying in hotels, etc. We were allowed to do one thing for one day per year and even then there were restictions like only for a few hours. So I take my toddler to basically everything that I wasn't allowed to do already, lol. I think that I want to do what my kids' interests are, whatever they are.

@sunny: you're going to deny your child that awesome Chinese rite of passage?! LoL

@Rockies11: Yeah, I'd do just about anything that my child wanted to do. I hate Disney junk, but I'll suck it up if they want to. I love to camp, but even if I didn't, I'd do it if they really wanted to. I certainly wouldn't support a circus with animal rights issues, but there are so many other choices now that I'd find something that worked, if they wanted. There are plenty of things that my kids likely won't do because I won't lead it, and if they're not into it enough to ask for it, then they'll 'miss out'. But there is very little that I would flat out refuse to take them to. Even Chuck E Cheese.

@MrsADS: Me too! In fact I love some of the stuff here! I love camping!!

Umm..... a McDonalds birthday party? Oh and the pantomime. I HATE the pantomime!

@MrsADS: Me too! I'm surprised by a lot of these but I enjoy most of these things on my own and was thrilled when we could bring our daughter camping, to the zoo, sporting events, etc.

@MrsADS: @Rockies11: @sarac: @Cherrybee: @birdofafeather: Wooo add me to the list of "I'll try anything once" parents. I love camping (I'm actually taking Char this summer when she's 3 and we're doing a backyard camping thing for her birthday) and theme parks, etc. I hate ChuckECheese's, but I know we'll end up there eventually, which I am 100% fine with.

Definitely no circuses, no Marineland/SeaWorld type places... I'll veto a zoo if it's got a bad rep, too. I can't support that shiz.

I also hate bowling. Hate. But DH loves it so future spawn probably won't miss out on that. I can't think of anything else!

LO will have to beg its grandparents for a trip to Disney. It's just SO expensive, and I don't see our finances allowing for it any time soon. If we're going to save up that much for a vacation, I'd better need to renew my passport!

Wow, shocked at the Disney comments. I don't think I would not let my child do something just because I don't like it. However, if he wants to camp, it will be without me.

@BandDmommy: my reason for no Disney is that at least now I am not comfortable with them going on vacation without me and I can think of a million other places to spend my money on vacation. I mean they would be getting a vacation either way so it's not like they are being deprived of anything!

@Rockies11: I like your attitude!

I thought I'd another one, big birthday parties with all their friends. Too much time and money! We decided to limit friend parties to every other year.

Weird. I'm totally okay with everything here.

I used to be allowed to go outside and hang out with friends until dark. I'd be anywhere in the neighbourhood, walk the railroad tracks, explore the next neighbourhood over, hang out at the ravine... for HOURS, without checking in with my folks. No cells phones or anything.

DH used to be able to roam the streets... he was like 10 and staying out around 3am at night unsupervised.

No way our kids would be allowed to do that without some sort of GPS tracking device or pager ROFL

For most things DH and I balance each other (e.g I HATE roller coasters, but he loves them, so that can just be their thing), so there aren't a ton.

Though from the point of view of my childhood and what is very, very normal in my family, my LO will be strange in that she won't attend vacation bible school or church camp or anything like that, ever. Attending church occasionally will be up to her when she's old enough to make an informed decision, but she's not going to those types of high pressure, isolating religious environments.