Fascinating read. Thank you for the link. It's wild to think about how different some people's lives are compared to our own. I couldn't imagine doing that to my child.
I read the entire article (which is rare for me these days), and all I could think was: her parents were abusive, neglectful, narcissistic assholes. Imagine placing the wellbeing of your children so far down the list of priorities like that. Those people had no business having any children at all.
I read the article as well because I know some people that sailed around the world with their kids, and they turned out to be well-adjusted adults that enjoyed their time sailing.
The parents in the article were something else. I agree with you 100%. Abandoning minors in a foreign country and leaving them to deal with immigration, etc. is abusive.
It doesn't look like it was a very pleasant life for her or her brother. She describes it stealing her childhood. That's one reason not to do it.
It's something that looks glamorous from the outside but a bit grim when you really consider what's involved.
Worse things happen at sea, as they say.
(I still love their website and ideas, I just know I wouldn't want to inflict that lifestyle on my family).
1. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/25/suzanne...