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A family who sold almost everything they owned to travel the world have said they were “sick of the grind” of working life in western society.<\/strong><\/p>\n Emma, 34, and Joe, 33, gave up their house and possessions in Ripon, North Yorkshire, and flew to Central and South America with their 12-year-old daughter, Tilly.<\/p>\n They set off on their adventure in January after taking Tilly out of school, and plan to find a new country to settle in.<\/p>\n Joe, who worked as a mechanical engineer and technician in the renewable energy sector, said: “We wanted Tilly to have relevant life skills that we think the world is going to teach her.<\/p>\n “Pulling Tilly out of school was a logistical hurdle, but it was an easy one.<\/p>\n “School didn’t argue, they actually pushed it and said, ‘we don’t blame you for doing what you’re doing’.”<\/p>\n The family have learned Spanish and Tilly’s maths developed as she got used to using difference currencies. Her confidence and cooking skills have also improved, her parents said.<\/p>\n Joe added: “We’re travelling around the world and she’s involved in the logistics side of things – how we’re going to get from this country to this country.”<\/p>\n Her mother Emma, a former occupational therapist and teaching assistant, added: “We are not massively concerned about her GCSEs.<\/p>\n “A lot of people that we know that haven’t done well with GCSEs have done well later on in life. I didn’t get much out of school.”<\/p>\n Joe added that “life experience” would make Tilly more employable, although she could “pick up” GCSEs if she would like to sit exams.<\/p>\n