Lauren Tyson, 31, and her artist husband, Roy, 37, always had a passion for travel and dreamed of globetrotting full-time with their sons, who are 2 and 5. Their oldest boy “hated” school — he struggled with emotional stability — so the couple decided to pull him out in January and backpack around the world while homeschooling him. The Tysons had been backpacking in 2015 and 2016, before having kids, and always felt a pull to travel more.