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Has anyone done the digital nomad thing with children? It'd be great if childcare/schooling was easier overseas, maybe even an opportunity for kids to get an

Has anyone done the digital nomad thing with children? It'd be great if childcare/schooling was easier overseas, maybe even an opportunity for kids to get an early mind opening experience

0xcoffee 3y ago
I was an expat child that moved many times in my childhood. The broken connections of each move hurt me more than any 'new experience'. I wouldn't recommend it, imo social stability is very important.
walthamstow 3y ago
If you're not paying tax in a country it's a bit out of order to send your kids to their schools.
- RobRivera 3y ago
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- JoeAltmaier 3y ago
  Not everything is funded from federal or state income tax. Where I live it's a combination of local option sales tax and property tax. So yes, digital nomads may pay taxes for schools.
- true_religion 3y ago
  I would assume the kids would go to private schools. Probably necessary since they're traveling so much that they need to follow a foreign curriculum or an international one like IB.
- mc32 3y ago
  You can send them to private schools -which you may want to do anyway if they don't speak Japanese.
- ericmcer 3y ago
  Why? If your from the USA our stance is exactly the opposite.
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- throwaway167 3y ago
  The kids have no choice. It might happen, or even be compulsory depending on social system. Worth asking though. Your kids might end up at the equivalent of Aveling Park.
j4yav 3y ago
Works well during summer vacation when they are older
sebg 3y ago
If you haven’t run into it, the keyword you're looking for is "world schooling". I have some friends who home school and they decided to travel while doing it. They move to a location for a few months and use a "world school" in the new location. The school is global and has a ton of branches in different countries so there is continuity in philosophy and assessment and whether the kids are curriculum-wise.
8organicbits 3y ago
I've done remote work from another country, with kids, but that was because my spouse's job placed her there for a multi-year assignment. So it was a longer placement and her work coordinated and paid for a private school. For me it worked OK. I did remote contract work and was able to figure out work authorization. The cost of living was lower so double taxation wasn't a big deal. The timezone difference was the biggest hurdle, I burned out doing late zoom calls; had the difference been smaller I suspect it would have been even easier. Changing schools and big moves is hard on kids. No way around that, certainly one of my regrets from that time. However their interest in other cultures and especially languages blossomed. For them it was mostly just an adventure we took. So different from life when I grew up.
plz-remove-card 3y ago
Worth noting Tokyo has english speaking schools you can enroll your children in (looked into this a while back)

Has anyone done the digital nomad thing with children? It'd be great if childcare/schooling was easier overseas, maybe even an opportunity for kids to get an early mind opening experience

0xcoffee 3y ago

I was an expat child that moved many times in my childhood. The broken connections of each move hurt me more than any 'new experience'. I wouldn't recommend it, imo social stability is very important.

walthamstow 3y ago

If you're not paying tax in a country it's a bit out of order to send your kids to their schools.

RobRivera 3y ago
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JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Not everything is funded from federal or state income tax. Where I live it's a combination of local option sales tax and property tax. So yes, digital nomads may pay taxes for schools.
true_religion 3y ago
I would assume the kids would go to private schools. Probably necessary since they're traveling so much that they need to follow a foreign curriculum or an international one like IB.
mc32 3y ago
You can send them to private schools -which you may want to do anyway if they don't speak Japanese.
ericmcer 3y ago
Why? If your from the USA our stance is exactly the opposite.
- deleted 3y ago
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throwaway167 3y ago
The kids have no choice. It might happen, or even be compulsory depending on social system. Worth asking though. Your kids might end up at the equivalent of Aveling Park.

j4yav 3y ago

Works well during summer vacation when they are older

sebg 3y ago

If you haven’t run into it, the keyword you're looking for is "world schooling". I have some friends who home school and they decided to travel while doing it. They move to a location for a few months and use a "world school" in the new location. The school is global and has a ton of branches in different countries so there is continuity in philosophy and assessment and whether the kids are curriculum-wise.

8organicbits 3y ago

I've done remote work from another country, with kids, but that was because my spouse's job placed her there for a multi-year assignment. So it was a longer placement and her work coordinated and paid for a private school. For me it worked OK. I did remote contract work and was able to figure out work authorization. The cost of living was lower so double taxation wasn't a big deal. The timezone difference was the biggest hurdle, I burned out doing late zoom calls; had the difference been smaller I suspect it would have been even easier. Changing schools and big moves is hard on kids. No way around that, certainly one of my regrets from that time. However their interest in other cultures and especially languages blossomed. For them it was mostly just an adventure we took. So different from life when I grew up.

plz-remove-card 3y ago

Worth noting Tokyo has english speaking schools you can enroll your children in (looked into this a while back)