Darby Saxbe

We don't have our extended family nearby.

We don't have those multi-generational networks.

Yeah, totally.

It's this kind of late capitalist...

Way to live.

Yes.

Yeah, it was super fun.

So my kids were pretty young when we did that.

They were 8 and 10.

It was right before the pandemic.

So it was good timing.

And we did like the playground tour of Barcelona, just like every playground.

And there were a lot of young parents out and about.

And I think it's because like most countries, except for the U.S., there is really generous maternity and paternity leave.

So you're home, you have flexibility in those early years.

And so the whole society just feels a little more oriented to what young kids need.

Public places like our apartment was on a square where, you know, you have the cafe where people are smoking and eating tapas and you have the old guys on the bench gossiping.

And then there was always a play structure.

All the squares have a little play structure.

So there are just a lot of public spaces for kids.