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No one I met seemed worried about safety in Mexico, nor was the Mexican staff anything but gracious to Americans, despite President Trump's much-resented plans to build a border wall.

These resorts have everything for young families -- strollers (even jogging strollers), baby bathtubs and monitors, pint-sized robes and slippers, freshly pureed baby food, bottle warmers and sterilizers, kids' menus and toy lending library. Let's not forget the new Nickelodeon Experience at some of the resorts, complete with character breakfasts and "slime" smoothies.

"Pretty Perfect," said New Yorker Jessica Yager, acknowledging that she and her husband aren't "all-inclusive resort types." Her in-laws invited the couple and their two young kids to join them at the intimate 148-room beachfront Azul Beach Resort, which is just 20 minutes from Cancun airport and particularly caters to young families. There's even a small play structure in the sand, a kids' pool and a "Perfectly Pink" spa with treatments for kids starting at age five.

Avery Dodson, 6, from Western Canada, was particularly enthralled with the swim-up pool to her family's room. (There are special locked gates.) "It wouldn't be a problem if we just lived in the pool," Avery said.

And the baby monitor made it possible for her baby brother to nap in the room while her parents watched her swim just outside. "None of the things we worry about at home we have to worry about here," said Peter Dodson, who also opined that he and his wife had never been to this sort of resort. "We just show up and enjoy ourselves!"

That sounds pretty good to me.

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