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 Coming to Virginia Beach with a family? As one of the country's top ten cities for children, the city offers kids plenty to do, including the various watersports, boating, fishing and beachcombing you'd imagine.
Along the beachfront boardwalk, you can check out Atlantic Beach Club's Haunted Fun House. Your teens will love you for letting them come back for the Atlantic Beach Club's teen dance parties. The whole family can enjoy more than 100 days of street performers, fireworks and other fun events as part of "Beach Street USA" during the summer. Guide your family along the Virginia Legends Walk and learn about famous Virginians past, or an the afternoon swimming and sunning at the Ocean Breeze Waterpark. In the same area of South Beach, you can also challenge each other to go-karts and bumper boats at Motor World, or dare yourselves to thrill rides at the Virginia Beach Amusement Park.
If you're interested in checking out more of the natural world in Virginia Beach, start with a tour of the Chesapeake Bay Center's interactive nature exhibits. Go whale- or dolphin-watching with any of Virginia Beach's numerous package tours. See lots of different animals at the Virginia Zoo, including its famous tiger habitat. See fish, reptiles and other sea creatures at the Virginia Marine Science Museum, either live or on IMAX.
 Outdoor-loving kids can have great fun at Mount Trashmore, a landfill recycled into an outdoor playplace for children; or ride their bicyles through hundreds of miles of trails. (Remember that Virginia Beach requires children under 14 to wear bike helmets, and bring some along or rent them when you rent the bikes.) The Oceana Naval Air Station lets kids look at our nation's most sophisticated jet planes, such as the Navy's F-14 and F/A-18's, or watch them soar overhead. Ninety hands-on exhibits await at the Children's Museum of Virginia, and the Virginia Beach Convention Center offers a "Youth Enrichment" program all summer.
Even winter has something to offer to children in Virginia Beach, including Holiday Lights at the Beach and a Christmas program at the Founders Inn throughout December. Family packages are available through almost all major hotels, so consider Virginia Beach as a family destination this year.
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