Books
"One common reason why families set out on a Wonder Year is to take their children away from the familiarity of where they’ve grown up. It’s hard to imagine how profound it can be to witness the opening up of our children’s minds as they see new places and gain new perspectives. From the moment we leave home, they start processing, considering, trying on new ideas, and testing their beliefs. They begin to appreciate that their ways are not the only ways, whether it’s how people eat, sleep, cook, speak, gather, worship, celebrate, dress, live, wash, or play.
"New perspectives can emerge when our kids reconcile how they see the world with how the world sees them when they are the other – the 'foreigner,' the 'one with the accent,' the person who isn’t understood. They may catch some of a news broadcast or see in the press a representation of their country that is not the one they know. As they gain cultural literacy, they acquire the critical thinking to challenge their own assumptions and those of others." - Wonder Year
