“Traveling Taught Me How to Be a Parent”: On the Road with Christine Gilbert

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Several years ago, Christine Gilbert packed up the kids and hit the road. She and her family have been roaming the world ever since.

Here’s her story:

I’m a writer and photographer who was trapped for years in the Ann Taylor-clad body of a corporate manager, until one day I did something completely ordinary but entirely unexpected. I quit a very nice job and convinced my husband that we were moving overseas.

Since th...