Welcome to TTOL! Go on down to SXM and bring your kids! That area of the island has improved a great deal since hurricane Irma. I personally, even with two kids would not worry about safety at ALL! Please go down and just enjoy your vacation, as it should be. You will be surprised how much it feels like it use to be as you use to know it! That being said, there is destruction and is seen in most places, but the recovery on the Dutch side is amazing! Have FUN!