Raising a child is difficult anywhere. But rather than get into the debate about 'well we raised our children in DR, it gave them great life experience and they seem none the worse for it', which is where this will go. Look at it like this. If you knew the DR as you do and what it is all about and had to offer, but you lived in Europe. Would you be considering moving to the DR to offer them a better education, a better social life, better oportunity and security and reduce the concerns that any parent faces as their children grow older? I think very few parents would be lying awake at night thinking 'I want all these things for my child, we had better move to DR'. Obviously every family is different, but I don't think it should be difficult for people to understand.