Debate: Are Family Vacations Worth It?
Should parents soldier forth and try to create those irreplaceable family memories? Or take a real break by zipping off without the kids?

Claim: Parents should make vacation with kids
Reason: Children need to experience other people and cultures.
Warrant 0: I send my children to boarding school to get that experience
Warrant 1: I don't send my children to boarding school to get that experience
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: My family took a trip around New York State and Connecticut, and it was epic.
Warrant 0: most families are just as awesome as mine is
Warrant 1: most families are not as awesome as mine is
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: My family took our kids on vacations and had a great time.
Warrant 0: kids usually remember and experience things like adults do
Warrant 1: kids usually don't remember or experience things like adults do
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: If you do not vacation with children, it could lead them to believe that they are not loved by their parents.
Warrant 0: there are not many other ways to show children they are loved
Warrant 1: there are many other ways to show children they are loved
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: My family took a trip around New York State and Connecticut, and it was epic.
Warrant 0: by epic I mean an epically boring trip
Warrant 1: by epic I mean an epically exciting trip
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: Family vacations create lifelong memories.
Warrant 0: the children cannot make these same memories when they vacation without their kids
Warrant 1: the children can make these same memories when they vacation without their kids
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: If you do not vacation with children, it could lead them to believe that they are not loved by their parents.
Warrant 0: children should be coddled all the time
Warrant 1: children shouldn't be coddled all the time
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: Family vacations teach children to handle uncertainties and unexpected happenings in an unfamiliar environment.
Warrant 0: life itself teaches kids  to handle unexpected events and uncertainties
Warrant 1: life itself doesn't teach kids to handle unexpected events and uncertainties
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: Family vacations teach children to handle uncertainties and unexpected happenings in an unfamiliar environment.
Warrant 0: children will have to handle things that are unexpected
Warrant 1: children will never have to handle things that are unexpected
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Parents should not make vacation with kids
Reason: Family vacations create lifelong memories.
Warrant 0: kids cannot make fun memories without their parents
Warrant 1: kids make fun memories without their parents
Correct warrant: 1