Please, please answer this question! I hope it's not to late! So, my husband and I have become incredibly agitated with America and would like to travel, problem is....we have a child, he's 7 now and would be about 8 or 9 by the time we plan on taking off on our adventure. Is this feasible to vagabond around with a child?
Let me lay some roots for you before people start freaking out, I am a decent of the Roma people (known to most as gypsies), I don't plan on buying a RV and traveling the way most people see and think of UK gypsies. I'm simply feeding my restless soul, we plan on homeschooling while we are traveling, mostly in math because we feel our son will learn so much about the world and himself on our journeys. Trust me, we will make sure he is prepared for college if he chooses to go that route.
So OP, is this insane of us or doable? We would probably settle for bits of time but never with the intention of staying more than 9 months to a year before moving on again. We will be on a budget and going with the cheapest options available so yeah, our kid might have to tough it out at some places before he gets used to it. He's pretty damn laid back and I actually think he would suit the lifestyle well until he gets older and maybe needs more regular social situations and friends, at that point we would settle for him if he wanted. We are all about family but damn if I want my kid to grow up like every other American sheep and I include myself in that catagory, I feel like we have this amazing opportunity to teach him so much more by traveling.
TL;DR Husband and I want to travel cheap with an 8 year old...is this doable?
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Please, please answer this question! I hope it's not to late! So, my husband and I have become incredibly agitated with America and would like to travel, problem is....we have a child, he's 7 now and would be about 8 or 9 by the time we plan on taking off on our adventure. Is this feasible to vagabond around with a child?
Let me lay some roots for you before people start freaking out, I am a decent of the Roma people (known to most as gypsies), I don't plan on buying a RV and traveling the way most people see and think of UK gypsies. I'm simply feeding my restless soul, we plan on homeschooling while we are traveling, mostly in math because we feel our son will learn so much about the world and himself on our journeys. Trust me, we will make sure he is prepared for college if he chooses to go that route.
So OP, is this insane of us or doable? We would probably settle for bits of time but never with the intention of staying more than 9 months to a year before moving on again. We will be on a budget and going with the cheapest options available so yeah, our kid might have to tough it out at some places before he gets used to it. He's pretty damn laid back and I actually think he would suit the lifestyle well until he gets older and maybe needs more regular social situations and friends, at that point we would settle for him if he wanted. We are all about family but damn if I want my kid to grow up like every other American sheep and I include myself in that catagory, I feel like we have this amazing opportunity to teach him so much more by traveling.
TL;DR Husband and I want to travel cheap with an 8 year old...is this doable?
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