Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn Ball
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Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn Ball
The Patton Family World Schools Their Children And Shares Their Adventures
Chantal Patton has traveled to over 100 countries with her husband and three daughters over the last eight years. They document this amazing journey on their YouTube Channel “Growing Up Without Borders.”
Chantal is a location independent entrepreneur who has traveled to over 100 countries together with her husband and three daughters over the last eight years. They have a family goal to visit every country in the world together and are documenting their journey on their YouTube Channel “Growing Up Without Borders.” Originally from Canada, the Patton family now world schools their kids while sharing their adventures and showcasing the beauty of different countries and cultures.
The three Patton girls have even created a series of online classes for other kids called “Geography Made Fun: Learning Geography from a Kids Perspective.” And, through it all, Chantal continually prioritizes a healthy work/life/education/travel balance for her family.
Chantal gives tips on designing travel itineraries with kids, creating stability anchors, and designing a healthy work-life-education-travel balance. She also explains how she handles healthcare for her family while traveling and shares her #1 affordability hack that enables her family to have inexpensive accommodations all around the world.
And she reflects on the impact long- term world travel has had on her family and her kids, both in terms of their social lives and in terms of the way they see the world and explains how her family collaborates to document their travel journey, create their online content.
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