Can We Show Our Kids The World Without Harming It?

A conversation with travel journalist and parent Michele Bigley

I find myself swaying at airports. Not just airports, anywhere there is a line really, but I noticed it most recently while waiting to check-in to a flight to Sicily. A slow side-to-side movement. I often did that when my daughter was a newborn. Half to help her fall asleep, half to stay awake myself. Comfort. 

I've long found travel a source of comfort:…