"During the pandemic, I was freelancing at the time, and I was writing an article about "worldschooling." I had never heard of it, and I started interviewing these people around the world, and these are families who were just traveling the world with their kids. My wife and I had both lived abroad, and we loved the idea, and we said if we ever make it out of the pandemic, we want to do something like this with our kids."
"There are a lot of people who will basically homeschool on the road and just move place to place. There are some people who are in a different country every month - some people who move every other week. And then there's the opposite, which is more like us. We need our kids to be in schools - they need some structure. We want to travel the world, but very, very slowly."
"We had made that decision in about September of 2024 that we were going to find a country. The very first question was, where can we legally work? If you're an American citizen, you can go to Europe for 90 days. That's fine, but A, you're not really bringing an income, and B, then you have to leave after three months. There are some countries around the world, like Malta, where you can be a digital nomad."
Christopher Mannino, 45, moved with his wife and two young children from Middletown, Delaware, to Swieqi, Malta, in June 2025. He researched worldschooling during the pandemic while freelancing and completed a month-long test run in Ireland in 2024 to evaluate the children. Different worldschooling approaches include frequent moves with homeschooling or slower relocation with school enrollment. The family prioritized schooling structure and English as an official language because the children are young and have anxiety. Visa and work legality guided the choice; Malta offered a digital-nomad option compatible with fully remote work.
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