--- title: Brussels Attack: How to Stay Safe Traveling Overseas description: Useful tips from a foreign service mom canonical: https://time.com/4267898/brussels-attack-protect-your-family-overseas/ author: Belinda Luscombe article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-23T12:30:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:39.849Z og:title: 10 Precautions That Can Help Keep Your Family Safe While Traveling Overseas og:description: Useful tips everyone should know from a foreign service mom og:url: https://time.com/4267898/brussels-attack-protect-your-family-overseas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ffbe5f7b5cd5f4a/69888c063c163954d745c875/gettyimages-498324288.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4689 og:image:height: 2638 og:image:alt: BELGIUM-FRANCE-ATTACKS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 10 Precautions That Can Help Keep Your Family Safe While Traveling Overseas twitter:description: Useful tips everyone should know from a foreign service mom twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ffbe5f7b5cd5f4a/69888c063c163954d745c875/gettyimages-498324288.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 10 Precautions That Can Help Keep Your Family Safe While Traveling Overseas > Sponsored content. 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Parents worry whether to change plans. Children might hear of the news and get anxious. Most of the time, international travel is extremely safe, and for those who can afford it, a wonderful shared experience for families. And, as Donna Scaramastra Gorman [wrote for TIME.com](http://time.com/4120986/how-to-keep-your-family-safe-while-youre-overseas/) after the Paris attacks, never going anywhere is the most dangerous choice of all. Gorman, whose husband works for the State Department in Moscow and whose book [_Am I Going to Starve to Death?: A Survival Guide for the Foreign Service Spouse_](http://www.amazon.com/Am-Going-Starve-Death-Survival-ebook/dp/B013QX90Y4)gleans from her 16 years as a mostly expatriate parent, recommends families take a few simple precautions when traveling. 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