French Mom and New Mexico Dad Navigate Florida Parenting With No Babysitters—Or Sanity
KEY POINTS
- •Virginie Romary, originally from France, and her New Mexico-born husband met and settled in Florida due to his marine industry job.
- •Their daughter, now 9, was born in Fort Lauderdale, but family lives hours away by plane, leaving no local childcare support.
- •To cope, they formed a local community support system involving neighbors and Cub Scouts, traveling yearly to France and New Mexico.
Virginie Romary, a communications manager-turned-full-time 'no-sitter' from eastern France, lives in Fort Lauderdale with her New Mexico-born husband and their 9-year-old daughter. Forget free babysitting: with her French family 10 hours away by plane plus another 6-hour flight to New Mexico for dad's crew, date nights happen only when exhaustion permits. After sleepless newborn chaos sans family and a corporate job on hold, Virginie co-opted strangers, mostly park parents and Cub Scouts campers, into a makeshift village of trust and emergency childcare. Annual pilgrimages—one month in France, two in New Mexico—keep heritage alive but tear the parents apart each summer. Weekly video calls are brief because this kid hates Zoom as much as you do.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says modern parenting like juggling two continents, zero babysitters, and pretending group camping counts as family therapy.
When your kid knows more about cousins via weekly Zoom than your own parking lot neighbors, adulthood is overrated.
Raising a child in Florida with family in France and New Mexico: Proof that desert island parenting is 21st century chic.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/10/2026 | Author: Virginie Romary
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