I'm just curious for those families that live on the road with children, any advice and experiences you could share?
That's a bit harsh, I've met kids who grow up on the road and they do very well with their form of structure. Do you have children to state your opinion? Have you done both if you do? I'm just curious of course...
It's not about where you live! on road or a home. It's about the family. I wish that when I was a kid my family traveled, it could be an interesting way of building character.
I disagree. Not going to bed at the same time or not having the same front yard each day should not be a problem, what matters is good attentive consistent parents. Children need consistent behavior from their authority figures (not advocating for harsh authority) and good examples in all facets of life. I don't think a traveling lifestyle is a bad example, so that sounds fine to me as long as parents are good people who use logic and compassion in parenting and set good examples, from social interaction to responsibility with money and for actions taken, etc. That said, I have a young kid, and if you want to try traveling with one, well, be my guest, but it sucks to be you. Bear in mind that you can't travel for that long at a time in order to be fair to a child, who can't read a book or something for hours on end. Then there's money, and diapers (don't even think about trying to do the hippy cloth diaper thing on the road, and disposable diapers are expensive, though nice.... but still a mess on the road) and constant vigilance for safety's sake when you don't have a yard or other safe place to let your kid play...... So basically, I see no problem with it, but it would still be fucking retarded. Kid needs to be at least out of diapers and talking well, able to listen and take instructions when it's really important, be free from serious behavior issues, and ideally able to read, in my opinion, before you should consider putting them in that sort of situation in any serious full time way. Before that you either need to seriously go slow and cater only to the child, or you need to settle down and take care of the basics.
I have an idea of the OP being more of a "basement hopper" rather than packing up the family van to live in mariotts and hiltons
There are plenty of kids that grow up on the road. Parents that are in show business and such. The circus comes to mind. Do you know how many kids are traveling performers? Traveling with small children (babies and toddlers) isn't an easy task. Parents have to be commited to doing what is best for the child. That CAN be done on the road. Maybe kids that grow up on the road learn to be more tolerant and cultured. Something that kids stuck in the suburbs have never experienced.
I traveled with my son, part time, once he was out of diapers. Managing cloth on my infrequent trips was hard enough, but hey, if I'd been forced to come up with a solution, I would have, like daily laundry...which would have sucked. When the front porch isn't consistent, the daily schedule needs to be close. Kids like their absolutes. They just aren't necessarily our absolutes. Kiddo had to wear a particular shirt at night, for example. He didn't care what was going on around us, as long as he had that shirt. He is resilient to change as an adult.
I have heaps, his a more rounded grounded amazing soul for it... do it -best education you can give :2thumbsup:
Love conquers all. Communication,observed and discussed adventures,interesting things to do in "slow"periods-reading,drawing,making artfull objects from local areas,visiting museums,etc,etc. Kids love adventure and if traveling around somewhat free is explained to them as a grand adventure---and you make it so,the kid/s will love every minute of it. Cloth diaper maintenance isn't too hard. You get a 5 gallon bucket,put water and bleach in it, scrub the poop out of the diapers first and then put them in the bucket. A lid would be advisable. Service station+ locked door+ laundramat is the ticket. Good luck.
I don't see any problem with that a travel can be well brought up than the one stayed at home full time, i think any way of life chosen you can get good out of it
the death camp kids are a great example of raising kids like gypsies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCu3lsns3rc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCu3lsns3rc
doesn't matter whether yr a traveller or not. just don't bullshit yr kids. it's like someone said once: yr kids are like arrows and you are the archer. where the arrow ends up is down to yr strength and yr aim.
