PARENTING: How We Convinced Our Kids to Sail Around the World 

“Child protective services don’t bother us no more, we left the country” 🤣🤣🤣 your way of parenting is amazing!

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Whoever questions spending more, better quality, time with their children, while showing them the world at the same time, is a person in denial. Bloody awesome video, as usual! Most inspirational!

Funny how people think they have to negotiate with the kids. It is not an option, the family is going and you are part of it. What you have done is amazing - You have blessed them with life experiences that can never be replaced. Your homeschooling is the BEST academic option they can have. All the best to you.

You and Renee hit a HOMERUN with this video. I am still LMAO at the end of the video. You are giving your kids memories for LIFE.

We need more parents like you two in the world. Great video! Great material in this one.

This is a compliment. I think you're mischaracterizing your parenting style when saying that you're not kid centric. I think you are kid centric in that you're doing what you believe is best for your kids and doing a fantastic job at it from your audience's pov. As parents, we're tasked with using our life experience and trials to make what we believe are the best decisions for our children to become happy well adjusted adults. Thank you.

Best. Video. Ever. You guys are fun to watch for the entertainment value most days, but your views on how to raise your kids to be independent, successful people are spot on.

I have to say not everyone is between 65 and 35 I'm 15 and I love your videos and I live in New Zealand

This world needs more parents like you. Keeping the kids in the mold of modern society is not helping them develop into productive humans. Go team Z. The maturity yours have shown in the last 2 years is impressive.

I think they call it "The Stockholm Effect". You raise your kids with love, common sense, laughter & discipline and they turn into adults with those same qualities and talk about what a great childhood they had.

Best video I have watched in a very long! That’s how I was raised and how I raise my kids. Thanks for sharing

Hahaha love your fathering. A lot like what I grew up with I'm 29 with twins on the way. Love watching the parenting advice. Lord knows I'm gonna need it

Great episode. We are also a home school family. I have about 50% of the kids on board for sailing the world.. working on the rest.. lol.. we have 5 kids.. In preplanning stage right now.

I'm a 66 year old young girl and I have raised two very strong, independent young women and, I can say, if this sailing life had been an option when I and my girls were younger, we would be sailing the big blue seas!

Oh you guys are slaying it. Love the dictatorship - a real inspiration (hey I'm serious). Missed the little animation this week of the container ship crawling its way to Greece! Blessings!!

Could not agree more! What you guys have done for your kids is admirable 👌🏼

I laughed throughout this Z-Log! What great advice and I think you are doing a great service for your children. It is not often you get to watch kids grow up in front of you and watch their transformation into young adults. I know, Renee and Keith, that you are proud of them as well. Until next Thursday! Love you guys ❤️

You are amazing! Whenever in Brazil I’m going to show you arround and get together with my wife and kids!!! Big times to come!

Glad to hear we are not the only parents trying to raise our kids this way! I don't know how I stumbled across your channel last week, but very happy I did. May have something to do with the runabout hull I've been learning how to put back together the last 3 years. Never thought much about sailing until I watched your videos. It has been so inspiring! Keep it up Z crew! (I'm 42 by the way. lol) Been sharing your videos with my 4 kids to enjoy and open their minds. :-)

I can believe I've been following you for 2yrs! Keep the dream alive x

once again very well stated, I truly enjoy your z-logs and your courage to be open. I look forward to your videos every week.

Really good video. I have been watching the whole journey. Everyone has come a long way. Thank you.

I love the way that this video was edited - bringing in clips from 2 years ago, 1 year ago and the present - as well as soliciting feedback from the younger contingent of your tribe. I also admire your down-to-earth perspective (mixed with just the right amount of humour) on 'raising kids'. I think you're both doing a GREAT job as parents! Bravo!

My husband and I just found your channel and have been binging them ever since! We have fallen in love with your family and just want to say how much we appreciate the work you put into these videos for people like us who hope to follow in your wake :-) We close on our "new to us" boat at the end of the month and then we'll be taking Keith's advice... "chase the things you want to learn more about". Thank you for living out loud AND recording/editing it down for us to enjoy.

I really appreciate your point of view on the parenting subject! Keith, you and I have very opposite opinions on probably quite a few other issues, but I totally get your honest and reality focused approach to raising kids. A lot of what you mentioned really resonates with me and my experience with raising our three. Thank you for always putting yourselves out there even when you know you'll be given crap for it by complete strangers. That in fact may be one of the most valuable ways to lead your children by example! Oh, and we've been watching you guys almost from the beginning and I'm only 35. ;)

Y’all are my favorite family to watch on RU-vid. Thank you for sharing your lives and inspiring the rest of us who haven’t yet left or are too hesitant. I look VERY forward to the video you said you are goin got make regarding lessons you learned on working with a broker, buying/selling, etc. Thank you!

I LOVE YOU GUYS YOU THINK THE SANE WAY I DO. there is so much pressure on kids these days about school and what u r gonna do when u grow up. You have given r he kids the best opportunities they could ever have!! They rbggeat kids

Oooo, I love your attitude towards parenting. Fantastic. I have been doing a Z-video-marathon for the past 2 weeks (episode 1 to present) and love the way you guys have grown as individuals. Yes, even you Keith... Any case, fantastic job parenting, fantastic videos, and fantastic adventure. Thanks for sharing your lives with us.

One of the best videos. Keep on keeping on Keith and Renee, the humor is going to take kids to high places and the transformation of the kids from the start to now has been remarkable! Jack, want to sail for a living, do everything your dad does on the boat and you'll be there. Anna have a passion for writing, write a book on your experience, I'd buy it. Y'all are doing it right with the kids and it shows!

thank you, guys, for having this channel and saying what you say and living your dreams despite what everyone else thinks of you. it's refreshing to hear your lifestyle and mindset, and to see how far you've changed from before sailing to now. we too have 4 kids, younger than yours, but we'd love to have the opportunity to move to a boat and sail around the world with them. we have other commitments, but that doesn't stop us from watching YOU do it instead, and we're cheering you on and living vicariously through your adventure on the water while we pursue other adventures ourselves here on land.

Two years later, people like me are just watching this video and laughing flat outlaid at your awesome parenting style! Really enjoyed you two expounding on life with kids. So happy to see each new video, and while waiting for the next one, I go back and find the old ones. What a really fun life you have!

From crew change out in West Texas. It’s nice to see real people! Keep it up. I always thought that it was funny that the most important thing in life ( kids) doesn’t come with a manual. Lol be safe and have a good one.

Great video. I can appreciate how down to earth you guys are and your approach to life. It’s great to see how much the kids have changed and are happy with sailing. You’re giving them the best possible way to succeed by showing them the true world.

Love your candidness..... I could see during your V-log you were being a little carefull with your words . Probably a good thing . But you guys are an inspiration to lots of us and yes there are some that are a wee tad jealous the we did not have Kahuna's in your weight class😉 or we would be sitting if front of that camera . Have watched you from the start and have really seen such positive changes in all of you. Good luck on phase 2 of the adventures . Just remember what Mark Twaine said and you'll be just fine Cheers and fair winds⛵⛵

This video made my night! This is exactly how I run my household and recently I brought up to the kids (finally) the idea of us sailing the world in a 3 or 4 more years once we're done here in Bahrain. The kids were not too hot on the idea, but they've been talking between themselves and their starting their "warm up" to the idea. They know that they don't really have much of a choice. It's going to be what my wife and I tell them it will be and they're going to have to find a way of embracing the suck. They're starting to come around to the realization that travel is going to be awesome. I cant wait to start our journey and Im getting more and more obsessed with this. Im watching every video I can find on sailing, reading forums until my eyes fall out and cant get enough. THIS is what I want to do with my life. Im going to be "retired" at 43. We'll be in the blue before Im 45. We got clear goals now and like everything else in my life. I've never failed to meet a goal. Aint going to stop now. Leopard 50 and Blue Water for us.

I think you guys are doing just fine with your parenting skills, and doing all the right things. The kids will always remember this adventure you tackled as a family which I'm sure has brought you much closer together. Life is an adventure go live it! it has been fun to tag along with you. Keep the video's coming. Thanks

Love your perspective. We too are trying to buck the system and follow the joy. Thanks for sharing and happy sailing--may you have fair winds :D

I’m 16 and have just come across your RU-vid channel and I can honestly say I LOVE IT

new to your show, i love it and you all have it right am 61,yrs young and say this good job your kids have the best place to be to see the world. thanks for sharing.

Every episode I watch reminds me how alike we are! Good on ya!

Outstanding. Right on, Keith! Funny and sincere. Affective parenting style is a bane of society. God bless this family.

Im 16 and watching your channel for over a year now and i love it keep up the good work greetings from the netherlands

Always feel good and smile when watching your episodes:) You guys seem like awesome parents and giving your kids a life experience and adventure that so few families get to experience together. Funny how your oldest son doesn’t like to be interviewed much but his sailing passion sure has evolved. Great stuff as always :)

Great mentally and amazing relationship Keith. I started watching episode 110 by mistake and then when I realized how much I loved it I binge watch every episode from 1-114 in 2 days. You guys are my heroes for what you’ve done for your kids. Love y’all and stay safe. Dan Canada 👍👍👍👍

Hey I'm 22 and watch your videos because they inspire me to work harder so I can live this kind of a lifestyle someday. Thank you for the inspiration!

A very good lighthearted look at life, kids and sailing, well done. Keep true to BOTH YOUR ideals, especially in this ever so slightly screwed up present we seem to be floundering through.

The experience you are giving your children of travelling around the world is a great learning in itself. How fortunate are they of visiting different countries and meeting the people and their customs. I think you are great parents. I am an elementary teacher and I at times have had to remind parents, "you're the parent." I wish more people would have your views on parenting. Thanks for a lovely video.

You guys are awesome thanks for the journey good to see the joy and fun grow in the family’s eyes, well done guys!

I'm 69, and I follow your story since the beginning. I think you're doing a great job in any aspect. I love this new fantastic boat you've got.

I sit and smile through all your vids..this one for sure...keep up the good work..the good fight..its all worth it...

I wish you guys were my parents!!! You guys are doing so many incredible things with each other! These are some of the most fortunate kids in the world! I totally admire you guys!!! Thanks for being such a beautiful example for the rest of the world!😘🌈💜🌏🏝🐢🐙🦀🐡

two of the best parents on the planet. your kids will always remember this and the experiences they had. i admire the hell out of both of you. all the best.

You guys are amazing and has showed me what kind of an attitude towards life hopefully one day lead to happiness. An honest mind. Thank you! Yeah I definitely subbed.

Good stuff! I share your parenting philosophy. Raise kids to be tough! I have kids that are the same age and I am preparing my son to go off to play college football next year. He will be well prepared for his next journey. Keep up the great work Z-peeps!!

I am 51 years old and with my hand on my heart I can only wish my parents where like you guys god bless their souls. Love the way you created your own box instead of conforming to others ideas of what box you should be in. #priceless

Love your videos, love how you love your family with humor and grace. Such an inspiration!

You couldn't have timed this video any better for me. We are going through heck with our 15 and 16 year old boys. They were homeschooled for two years, before they realized the lack of girls in their homeschool classes. We were good until the business sold and they realized we were serious about leaving. My wife and I were on the same page, but seeing their reluctance has taken it's toll. We're also looking at two plans. However, they're both outside of this country we can't seem to fit into anymore. We're looking at sailing and an island property in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Where we'd also buy a smaller cat to start a day charter excursion (after we tune up our sailing expertise). Please keep up the good work. Your last couple of videos has been very mentally soothing for me. I will definitely share this with the family. Hope to run into you guys someday. Thanks,

Haha...Keith at 3:39! I loved this whole video. Your life/world views are so refreshing!! We've been homeschooling for a couple of years now. Best thing we ever did. I noticed Keith let the word "indoctrinate" slip, but IMHO that's exactly what it is. So glad we found this channel and I really hope we run into you on the water someday. Cheers from Wyoming!

Excellent ZLog, especially the flashbacks. What kind of track is planned to help Anna on that academic track. As for Jack, its ironic but I've noticed his sailing and nautical skillset really blossoming in the last 6 months. Watching him at the helm in crappy weather, maintaining sails and lines, plus showing a real passion with photography really reinforces him saying that he might like to continue with a nautical lifestyle. You're excellent parents, and they will be forever grateful for the experiences you presented to them, as they grew up.

hi so I m 22 years old and I m really impressed what you guys did ,because I live in country where I would need work a tree life times to go and do what you did but thanks on sharing the this joy with us and hope to see you more and more and never give up .BIG THUMPS UP FROM SPLIT,CROATIA. :)

I recently accidently found you guys....I was looking at catamaran's, just for fun, and I saw a youtube of you folks on the side banner. So, I watched it and immediately fell in love with your journeys. Thanks for sharing and all the information you provide about the ins and outs of sailing.

Great Vlog Love how real you guys are. keep it up FYI: 30 years old and you're easily top 3 sailing channel.

My gosh yall, we needed to hear this. I love you Keith, I seriously think we are brothers. See You Soon, ~SVMHS

Kieth and Renee: Thank you so much for this, it is so refreshing to hear. I am about to embark on faith a refit of a 30’ sailboat in the next few weeks. I am in the middle of a separation and I have not seen my kids in six months. I hope I can get my oldest daughter to do this project with me as she loves the outdoors and the ocean. Thank you for being real! Bryan from Vancouver

Love your videos.. and our family(me,my wife ,and 15 year old daughter and 12 year old son )are planning to buy a boat and sail . And i have been using your videos to plant that sailing seed with them . Its growing on them !!!!

Such an enlarged perspective! Love it! ❤

It's pure and simple, I'm 100% jealous. I hope you straightened out the closing mess and you're ready to shove off. Thanks!

Have been watching from the start! You guys are awesome. And we're from outside your "normal demographic, my wife and I are early 30's. we have two children under 4 and the way you live and parent is a inspiration!!!!! We set sail in 4yrs(so far away I know!) you guys are legends and keep up the awesomeness!!!!

You both have done a fabulous job! Wow, congrats to you both! Great kids!😊

Great videos on your crossing and topping it off with the parenting talk. Most people don't understand that kids are resilient and don't really know what they would like yet. So making the decisions for children is a parents responsibility. You guys are enjoyable to watch and I agree with a lot of your ethics. I'm an old driller and know what hard work is and have a lot of respect for the way you are raising your family. Sail safe and live that life to the fullest.

Best parenting video I've seen in a long time. Good for you guys. Grab Life by the you know what's and don't let go!

Hey from New Zealand’s South Island you guy make me feel so much better as a parent, my wife and I have the same approach to our kids and our family thanks for showing me that I am not the only one that is like that with our kids.

Y’all are giving your kids the best education they can get. Nothing is better than traveling the world and experiencing new cultures. My father was a blue collar oilfield pump mechanic. We traveled the world with his job and I think we turned out ok. My brother is now the Chief Executive Officer for the city of Beaumont and I became a judge in Houston. Not too shabby.

Great video guys. This is the same philosophy I have when educating our daughter. Also an airline pilot here, I identify a lot with you Keith. Great job guys ! Keep living and embracing life the way you want !

I don't know how I missed this video in the sequence of videos, but it's a fabulous perspective into your family's lives and the kid's future.

You guys are my new heros. I’ve been watching your show thinking how our family could do this. I love how your parent skills. Not being kid centric makes life so much easier. Way to go. I love your philosophy.

Being a newer viewer having watched you over the past year or so now going back and watching your early journey. I loved stumbling upon this video and hearing Keith talk about letting the kids go, sorta makes ya emotional. Love your content past and present.

I think you are giving your family and yourselves a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity! 25 years from now, maybe nobody may have this opportunity! The kids will appreciate this time, if not right now, definitely later in life! Go for it, only one life to live!! (BTW, I'm 71, lived and worked in 4 cultures, studied in the US, lectured ~30 thousand students, and would travel with you guys in a heartbeat ;-)! Thanks for embracing the world and take us with you on this journey! Keep them comin, Renee and Keith!

I am a kid and I love your videos I love sail boats and sailing/traveling the world y’all are the only RU-vidrs that I watch

Great to hear your parenting skills. Our kids are now left home and have kids, hitting the door of their 40’s. Inspired by your attitude. Keep it up. As the saying goes. “You can’t fly like an eagle if your hanging out with turkeys”. Love your journey. Cheers G & R

I did 20 years in the Navy and I love to do what you guys are doing ...lots of inspiration here

i do love your videos so much, normal people and never holding back your feelings and joking along the way. all the best. PS: i love that you worked to achieve your dreams, and not asking people to support their 10 year vacation. you now can actually ask for money, because you worked for the dream. good luck

Love you guys, and love your parenting style even more! Keep it up and hopefully one day soon me and my family will follow in your foot steps!

Our boys are 10 and 12 today. We have a 3 year goal to sell it all and set sail. This video is the BEST so far at the "kid stuff". Your parenting style and ours is almost a mirror image....so I'm feeling a little less alone in the wide world of parenting "opinions". Keep'em coming guys. Love the videos!

LOVE it...I can't think of any better way to give your kids the tools to survive and thrive... the rest is up to them...all the best to the whole family!

Hey K and R, I am a 28 yr old father of two and husband. I think your kids have lovely character and know work ethic which seems to be the whole battle. Your inspiring us to save money and break our mold as well. my kids are 4 and 2 now and by middle school age we want to be setting sail! Keith your an excellent role model for kids and other fathers everywhere. Its no wonder Renee tolerates you : }

You guys are hilarious! I love your parenting, the dad is so cool, and this comment is coming from a 60 year old mom who has raised four kids and still very connected to the grown kids... you never finish raising or worrying about your own. I would love to be doing what you are doing now, i just don’t have the guts or backbone to do it, heavily entrenched in the work force yadayadayada.... Love you guys, love the dad( and mom), am subscribing finally now:)

#1 Video in my opinion. Thank you. I love all of the expressions you manage to get moving on your faces.

So glad you share your wisdom..you are awesome parents and your kids are lucky they hit the parent jackpot! Those kids are going to be well adjusted, well grounded successful adults count on it. Great Job!

This is my first comment after watching tens of thousands of videos. Just want to say I love your videos...and your parenting style...and your kids.

I have been watching you for sometime and have enjoyed watching your family live together, learn, grow, and travel. We home schooled our kids and lived in Thailand during the years our kids were in junior and high school. it was the best thing we could have done for them. They learned about the world that it does not spin around the Mall or America's latest fad. Keep it up and God Bless. John

As a brand new Dad, this is awesome to see. I was raised this way, plan on passing it along to my wonderful son. Thanks!

Keith and Renee you have done a wonderful job...Kudos

Your not anti-parent. Your a Parent doing your job. Your raising your kids to become adults. We need more parents like you.

The content in this video really helped me make a choice for a life at sea. We are a young couple with a sail boat who would like to travel the world, the only doubt was how to do that with the upbringing of children. how it would go with school, puberty, their love life, making friends, their feelings, ... But these kinds of videos give me a different view of the boat life, A good and realistic one of how life with kids would be like on a boat and how to manage it. I hope you keep making these kind of video's because they are really helpful for young sailors like myself!

I like your outlook in life. I think you are a great family and good parents and you have four lovely children. Keep it up!

I never comment on videos but I just want to say your family reminds me a lot of my family! I think you guys are so awesome!

Right now I’m binge watching all of your vlogs and so on… And I just wanted to say that this episode really hugged the little me (I’m turning 23 this year). My parents has always been supportive and loving the best they can, but as a divorce child I notice more and more that I feel lost sometimes, cuz I have so many plans and dreams but can’t seem to put them into my reality for some reason. As you guys are talking about in this video, the sentence “living someone else life” hit me hard. That’s a feeling I’ve been living with for a long time, even as a child. And other than “this year is my year” and that I’m going through big changes and it’s my turn to take the wheel an run my life. And I’m right now working a lot on myself becoming the person I feel that I am deep within… With all of your videos, and the way that you guys take care of your family, the humour, the love, the charisma…. Makes me feel a big support for my changes in my life right now. I just want to thank you guys so much for your courage, taking the step to do something life-changing for you and your kids. Showing us (your audience) that life can be so much more, and the feelings of dreaming of a bigger meaning in life, it really can come true!🥹❤ Don’t know what this will purpose. But I’ve totally fallen in love with your family, the good with the bad, you show the real deal. Thank you so much! Be safe on the water cowboys🐋 //Hugs the Swedish dreaming girl🫶🏼

I’ve been binge watching all your videos and this one ☝️ a possibly the best one so far. Great parenting keep it up 👍🏻