Category Archives: Traveling with kids

On Backpacks and Babies: An Auto-Cartography

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Two dozen countries, perhaps a million miles, and here I am. I am thirty-two years old. I am married. I have a two-year-old son, and I am eight months pregnant. Continue reading

My Son’s Sweet Mexican Education

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I can’t quite describe the horror I felt when my son came to me sucking on a lollipop at the end of his first day of daycare in Mexico. Continue reading

Dashboard Crucifix: A Seatbelt Lover in Mexico

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My son may not be safe in all the ways that he could be. He might not be safe at all. But I want more for him than his bodily safety and my peace of mind. I also want him to grow up flexible and free and unafraid. Continue reading