"The father in the case is British, the mother Australian, and they appear to have essentially done what it seems like a large proportion of people in the UK (and, I imagine, many other countries) dream of: quitting the rat race, buying an old house in the countryside in Italy (or France, or Spain) and living happily off grid, without ever having to think about mortgage payments again."
"This family's home and lifestyle however has been under the international media microscope for weeks, as they have three young children who judges decided to remove on the grounds that it was causing them "serious harm". While this controversial court ruling was bound to attract highly charged debate, the attention the story is getting seems overwhelming, in Italy and beyond. So how come the story exploded like this?"
An off-grid family in rural Abruzzo comprises a British father and an Australian mother who left urban life to buy an old countryside house, homeschool their children and live with basic facilities such as a compost toilet. Judges ordered the removal of the three young children on the grounds that the lifestyle was causing them "serious harm", prompting intense and polarized reactions across Italy and the English-speaking world. Supporters of judicial independence and critics alarmed by the lifestyle and homeschooling have clashed. The affair has attracted overwhelming international media attention. There are also concerns about delays completing Italy's Winter Games venues and whether those delays are problematic.
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