I’m pretty tired, after a long trip back from Scotland. When it comes to traveling with kids and making sure they get enough outdoor time while doing it, I’ll write on that later. For now, I’m going to cheat and just copy an Instagram post I put up today. If you follow me there, no…
Tag: anxiety
Snap It Outdoors: Failure
Red is a perfectionist. He is cleverer than clever, and that means his brain is a bit of a runaway train. The reality rarely matches the amazing visual he’d created in his head, and that can lead to anger and frustration when projects don’t pan out as he had planned them. On the chairlift this…
Why the kids need to see you enjoy the outdoors – without them.
My husband and I don’t go out on dates much – we don’t have any family in town, and a night of babysitting can add up. If we are going to spend money on a sitter, we’d much rather use it during the day. Yesterday we got two hours of glorious mountain biking in, and…
How to Help Kids Enjoy Skiing In Bad Weather
It was a great day for skiing. It had snowed off and on for a couple of weeks. This is the worst season since the 70s, the year after the best season on record, and suddenly there was lots of much-needed snow at our home mountain. Finally, almost every run was open. But it was…
Tips to help Anxious Kids Reframe Their Day: Seeing the Green
Red can be an anxious kid. I’ve written about this before, in this post. He has an amazing imagination, but that leads to him to consider all kinds of scenarios, and his brain often takes him to the worst possibilities. If something disappointing happens at school or at the end of the day, he will…
Taking a Mental Picture: How to Help Kids Transition to an Outdoor Activity
It can be hard to get the kids off the sofa sometimes. With Smalls, his opinion changes as often as a two-year-old says the word poop (which, in our house, is about every six seconds) and so even if he screams in outrage at the suggestion we go for a hike, he’ll be excited to…