I have friends, a couple, who have given up their regular jobs and, for the last few years, have been travelling on a sail boat with their baby (now a toddler). They started in the US, have gone down to Central America and are currently in French Polynesia. I wonder how their kid is taking all of this?...it must be an amazing experience for a young child to be immersed in something as routine that most of us will never ever get the chance (or the courage) to experience.
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There is normally not much memory of before the age of four, which is a pity.
I wonder if there will be any method in its later years of measuring the impact of this infancy on the child compared with the more usual upbringing?
Andrew: it would be a pity. Such an amazing experience.
Victor: I think it would be hard to disentangle. Even after the boat adventure, I reckon the kid will be exposed to a very unconventional upbringing. I'm sure he'll be well adjusted though.
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