Comments on: How Amanda Educates Her Kids From the Road

By: Leah Fuhrman

Leah Fuhrman — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 05:46:46 +0000

Your teaching idea is very unique. I appreciate it. Kids have many things to learn from travel. Its not for just entertainment. I also teach my kids about nature and all those things they see.

By: ntxhaisva

ntxhaisva — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:20:50 +0000

Finally, I can show this to my friends who never wants to travel. I mean, baby steps first. But this woman is inspiring!

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:01:39 +0000

Matt, thanks for bringing Amanda!
Amanda, thanks for your great advice and experiences!

My husband and I resigned our jobs in Japan two years ago, and were travelling the world ever since… until I got pregnant with our first child.
I was shocked at the beginning, because as much as I love kids, I was not prepared to stop travelling yet. I’m currently close to my sixth-month of pregnancy, but now that we’ve had time to assume the new situation and do some research, we feel that there may be a way to combine parenthood and long-term travelling.
And surprisingly today… tadaaaa!! This blog post came through!!

Amanda’s experiences confirm what we suspected — as challenging as it might be, it definitely is not impossible, especially the way how we travel, which is also at a very slow pace and similar to what she describes as “living in another culture, and not vacationing”.

I just got excited again — thanks, Matt and Amanda, for making my day!!

Cheers from Tokyo and soon, Spain 🙂

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 03:12:19 +0000

Loved your article Amanda. I travel with my 8yo, 7yo and 2yo whenever possible and have found that they learn far more while travelling than in a classroom. My kids are learning first hand that it is our differences which make us great.

By: Pilot Mark

Pilot Mark — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:52:56 +0000

Fascinating read! My respect to Amanda & family; what you are doing is admirable and envied by many people over the world! I´m sure the kids are really reaping the benefits of such a diverse and varied cultural education.

By: PhilLife

PhilLife — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:05:01 +0000

As somebody who remained in one city throughout my childhood, I love the idea of the opposite end of the spectrum where it comes to exposing children to new ideas and situations early on in life. Though, my partners extended family live in another country so I think if we ever decide to have children this will somewhat be part of their lives anyway.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 18:46:50 +0000

Glad you enjoyed their website! 🙂

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:58:10 +0000

Loved reading this! Some people look at travelling with your family as a stigma but in my opinion it provides kids with much better life experiences = more rounded kids! As you’ve found 🙂 I hope to one day travel with my family when I have kids – I will return to this post then

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:00:14 +0000

Amanda, I was so excited reading your article. I have a 5 year old son entering kindergarten in the fall and I am planning a part time digital nomad lifestyle for us. You are so right about kids being adaptable. I am feeling much less guilty about taking my son out of school for several days or weeks at a time to travel the world 🙂

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:27:38 +0000

I really liked this article too although I am neither partnered nor do I have children.

My favorite bit was: We become hell-bent on proving that we are “travelers” and not “tourists,” as if one term means we are authentic and doing it right, while the other categorizes us as displaced, unadventurous failures. Shedding these falsehoods was freeing. I learned that it’s OK to take the tour and get off the beaten path.

I think there can be a bit of snobbery on some travel blogs I read about being above the “touristy stuff” and foregoing these things just to prove they are smarter than the average tourist/traveler. It only results in cutting off your nose to spite your face.

I really like Amanda’s attitude toward travel.