YourTango on Instagram: "If your parents took you on family vacations as a kid, you can go ahead and thank them for a few very specific advantages you now have in life! Research shows that an experience like a family vacation can actually function as a "happiness anchor," a set memory that children can use to help them navigate back to positive emotions when they're encountering stress and anxiety later in life. Yes, traveling with kids can be a lot of work and may require some pre-planning from a financial perspective in today's economy, but it's totally worth it. Because those memories last much longer than you'd ever imagine, and they can help your kids remember happier times when they really need the reminder."

YourTango on Instagram: "If your parents took you

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