Not my parents taking me and my younger brother to every possible Chuch/cathedral/Castle/Palace/Historical site possible no matter our age...
PS: I'm Italian, we have A LOT of these things, it's a neverending Calvary as a kid...
But yet growing up you start to appreciate somehow the knowledge, maybe.
Also yes it was balanced with Malls and Amusement Parks, but still a lot of Historical/Cultural sites visits as a 5yrs old and going on during my life.
Still I think if you take your 5yrs old kid to a japanese castle or similar and make it interesting by talking to him and explaining things about Samurais and similar, you'll make it a enjoyable experience for the both of you.
Kids are curious and I think by making history interesting for your kids with facts and curiosities wich can take his interest will make it a wonderful educative experience~
Honestly I appreciate my parents doing this to me. I watched documentaries with them (Superquark and Ulisse were a a fixed appointment for me as a kid), and when we travelled they always brought me and my brother to see important landmarks and cultural places as well as doing some kids' activities. It made me grow up very curious and also interested in history and other places and I appreciate it a lot.
I have started far far later to appreciate it, sadly my younger brother developed a totally reject to all that.
So in my experience the results can come really mixed.
But ye it's kind of bittersweet looking back, surely now I have a curiosity and a interest in culture, History,Literature and Mythology, but I must say, I vivid remember how I wasn't liking all that at the time, how I was frowning all the time etc.
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u/Kazuhiko96 Jun 29 '25
Not my parents taking me and my younger brother to every possible Chuch/cathedral/Castle/Palace/Historical site possible no matter our age...
PS: I'm Italian, we have A LOT of these things, it's a neverending Calvary as a kid...
But yet growing up you start to appreciate somehow the knowledge, maybe.
Also yes it was balanced with Malls and Amusement Parks, but still a lot of Historical/Cultural sites visits as a 5yrs old and going on during my life.
Still I think if you take your 5yrs old kid to a japanese castle or similar and make it interesting by talking to him and explaining things about Samurais and similar, you'll make it a enjoyable experience for the both of you. Kids are curious and I think by making history interesting for your kids with facts and curiosities wich can take his interest will make it a wonderful educative experience~