We live in the jungle on an active volcano -our kids are so wild, it’s embarrassing but they’re safer here than the city

A COUPLE person been slammed for choosing to rise their children connected an progressive volcano.

Zoe and Brian moved to the jungle successful Hawaii 2 years agone to physique their ain location and unrecorded a much sustainable lifestyle.

Their location is wholly disconnected grid and powered by star panels, and they cod rainwater from the extortion to usage for cooking and doing the washing up.

They built the full location themselves from scratch, including the bunk beds that Zoe and Brian sleep in.

"It works for america due to the fact that I inactive co-sleep with my baby", Zoe told Truly.

The location has a compost toilet, and the household grows their ain fruits and vegetables and cod eggs from the abundance of chickens they own.

Zoe said that her kids emotion this manner arsenic "living arsenic a kid successful the jungle is truly fun."

However, she said that their jungle beingness has pb her 2 children to go "wild."

"I astir consciousness embarrassed to instrumentality them retired sometimes due to the fact that of however brainsick they are", she said.

The couple's children Zaina, 7, and Isla, 3 don't spell to schoolhouse and Zoe "unschools" them instead, which she said means teaching them thing they privation to learn, alternatively of a acceptable syllabus.

"Growing up I learned astir the astir impractical things", Zoe said.

She added that she teaches her kids beingness skills similar cooking and gardening.

Zoe said that she understands that surviving connected an progressive volcano could beryllium seen arsenic "stupid" but added that she feels safer surviving determination than successful a city.

Surrounding their location are lava tubes which tin beryllium up to 70 feet deep.

"There could virtually beryllium a limb sized spread that you could gaffe in", Zoe said.

The household are trying to capable successful the holes, to forestall immoderate disasters from occurring, but determination are inactive plentifulness of cracks the children could autumn through.

Zoe uses societal media to stock an penetration into her antithetic household life, but her videos person received a barrage of criticism.

"People person said that I'm neglecting my kids, which is crazy", she said.

Social media users person besides questioned whether it is harmless for the children to beryllium surviving connected a volcano, but Zoe said that erstwhile lava started erupting retired of the top, she saw it arsenic a "home-schooling lesson."

"I cognize successful my bosom it doesn't substance what radical say", Zoe said.

"I consciousness truly bully astir this life, I wouldn't commercialized it for the world."