Van Life with a Family?

Times are interesting, and there's a lot of creative thought lately going into creative ways of dodging the mortgage/rental bullet. The American Dream is becoming more and more unattainable, and the servant class needs to find a way to even the odds. Housing is critical, but empty houses are being snatched up by the wealthy to use for vacations and parties. Those who need a place to live are more often looking elsewhere. So the theoretical: can you van life with a family? Can you take kids and dogs and find cool places to set up camp and relax... just because? I'm curious to try to find out.