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My first response upon reading the title: "Answer: I have no dependents." ;)

Enjoyed the article though, Karma was new to me and looks interesting.

I wouldn't touch Karma with a 1,000 foot pole if I were you. They lie to customers and change terms and limits on existing customers. I, and many others, returned our devices nearly a year ago and have still not received refunds. The company's response when pressed for updates on refunds seems to be "shrug, we'll do it when we do it."

Don't take my word for it. Better Business Bureau: http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/internet-a...

Plus dig into comments on their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/getyourkarma/?fref=ts

Definitely helps! Though I do know a fair number of people who do this WITH kids which blows my mind. Glad the Karma tip was useful!

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

How old, and how do you manage their education?

What other education a kid needs than to have parents who can stay with them all day and teach how to work from anywhere in the world? I think the more important thing is how does the kid socialize?

He's six years old, speaks three languages fluently (putting me to shame!), and is enrolled in school at the moment. Even though I work remote, I do it from a home base, and use that as a jumping off point when we travel during school holidays, summer, etc.

How often do you move around? Or do you work remotely from one place for a long period of time - 6 months to a year etc?

would love to hear more - what kind of work, what is home base like, how does the kid socialize, what age did you consider, how do friends come and go... I'm thinking hard about this.

Web development. Home base has fiber internet and wifi. But I work anywhere where there's wifi, which more and more scuba dive resorts around here have. I'm not a big diver, I've done scuba and snorkeling a lot, but my family prefers island-hopping.

Socialization of kids is a uniquely Western obsession, I think— not an issue here because it's a child-friendly culture with lots of social interaction. The average age in the Philippines is 22, much lower than in the US, UK, or Canada. That means there are children everywhere here my son makes friends easily.

As far as our friends go, we meet up with people wherever we happen to be. Sometimes we're in a place where we don't know anybody, but then we just beach bum around when not working.

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