There was a time when I lived a ‘normal’ life. My husband and I had the mortgage, the career, two cars and 3.5 kids. We had a house full of furniture and nice things. It was an okay way to live. I was relatively happy. Then somehow that all changed. Today you’ll find me exploring...

The time is always right to travel with kids, despite what some people would have you think. Barbara Adam, who is currently traveling the world with her husband and toddler, recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post about that very thing. Many would have us believe that children don’t take anything away from travel...

Many parents feel their adventurous days are over as soon as Junior enters their lives. Once you’re a parent, suddenly you’ve got to toe the line, live like everybody else, and do the responsible thing, right? Right? Maybe not. There are plenty of reasons why travel is good for kids. Whether you are traveling for...

“You can’t go vagabonding with kids! Just a two week vacation with the little ones is hard enough.” If you’re a parent, you’ve probably heard these words. You may have even said them. Conventional wisdom seems to say that doing anything with kids is hard work. Going to the grocery store, sending a package from...

(on the road to) Weyto, Ethiopia It's Christmastime, which means the TV-version of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , published in 1957, has been in a few of our living rooms. Among other things it's a nice little travel story, showing the positive effect that sliding off our perch and encountering our neighbors...

Ko Phangan, Thailand Not many years ago (in the grand scheme of things), most of us were in diapers, not yet knowing what country we were from or even what a country. We didn't yet know we were Christian, Muslim, Skeptical, or whatever. We didn't know we were Republican or Democrat, male or female, or...