Intro

Many of us have kids. You love them, and you want to share your passion for the outdoors with them. But you don’t want to turn them off on it, which will sour them on it for life. So how to do it right?

But let’s start with another question: Why?

Benefits of hiking

What is important to remember is that kids today have very short attention spans. All the constant stimulus that surround us makes their attention feel like a hummingbird. Constantly shifting from flower to flower, hovering for a moment here then zips over there, and so on.

Hiking is so great for them because on a hike, there is no constant shifting of attention. You’re walking, you’re exerting yourself, and the scenery changes very slowly. The combination of lack of many stimuli and physical exertion has an amazing calming effect. On everyone!

The actual physical exercise is also very beneficial. Kids no longer play baseball/basketball/soccer in the street every afternoon, like their parents used to.