Letters to the Editor
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Missing Mom
I think the great part of this idea is figuring out how to get the help and connection you want between you, your mother and your children.
You miss your kids, your kids miss you. You miss your mom, your mom misses you. So try it out. What's the worst that can happen? You decide after a week in an apartment in Rome that you'd rather be home for a while? People may tell you, "But they won't be properly socialized!" or "But how will they learn to play with other children?" It all works out later.
When we decided to homeschool our children, I didn't take anywhere near as much advantage of travel opportunities as I wish we had. You might look up some of the unschooling support groups and literature about how to break the lockstep that takes kids from preschool to grad school.
It's terrific that your husband supports it.