I’m with bugs on the point that “stability” is over-rated. It’s mostly what the parents want for their kids rather than what the children need.

I moved just about every 2 years with my dad working overseas in different countries. My parents were busy and I didn’t see them a lot. I went to independent summer camps, sometimes for the whole summer with other kids my age. As a teenager I used to take the bus/subway and explore the cities we lived in (that was in the early 80s and that might be seen as dangerous today). I think I turned out OK despite not have a “stable” childhood. I saw the world at an early age and I’m grateful for that. To me, the kids who grow up in sanitized suburbia are missing out on so much.

If I had kids, I’d take them on summer and winter travel around the world — see the jungles of South America, the lions and elephants of Africa, the bustling cities of Asia and the culture of Europe. Somehow, I’d take them out of their “safe” environments rather than lock them in there.