Give em a break. Most people posting have never been on a sailboat. We own a 40 ft Yorktown that we spend a ton of time on. I know of many babies, cats, and dogs that have been raised on boats. The kids seem to be part dolphin and are surfing by age 3 or 4 it seems.
I don’t know anything about this couple but know many cruising families that have done quite well.
I found take on the uproar posted by an RV traveling family, I think they used to cruise also.
A Bit of Nastiness
“Many of you will know what I’m talking about here, many won’t. Enough people are trying to cash their own blogs in on this story by writing up stories about it. Here’s my quick thoughts without the keywords.
The response by the media—and by many other nasty Americans—to the rescue of a family of four in the Pacific (people we are happy to call our friends), plays a large part in why we choose to live our lives the way that we do. Their sensationalism and vitriol is why we take pains to dissociate our children from media, and to lead them on a different path than that which the vast majority feels is the “right” way to lead a life or to raise a child.
We hope that someday, probably many years from now, our friends are able to sit back and laugh about the sheer craziness/stupidity/absurdness of what is happening to them and being said about them right at this moment by unknowing/uneducated/uncaring nitwits.”
http://www.bumfuzzle.com/blog/2014/04/06/a-bit-of-nastiness/