{"id":56,"date":"2025-03-17T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/?p=56"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:10:36","slug":"take-a-walk-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Take A Walk In The Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personally, I get outside as often as I can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LDK-parenting-take-a-hike-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LDK-parenting-take-a-hike-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LDK-parenting-take-a-hike-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LDK-parenting-take-a-hike-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LDK-parenting-take-a-hike.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Covid, when we were mostly avoiding other people, I started implementing \u201cTake a Hike Tuesdays\u201d in my summer camps. It was basically just a short hike through a local park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mostly, I just wanted to get outside and breathe some fresh air, but it became so frustrating. The kids weren\u2019t used to it and they complained about everything, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s hot, there\u2019s mosquitoes, I\u2019m allergic to ants, can I take my phone, I need sunscreen, and bugspray, and water\u2026\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a group, we made entirely too much noise to see much wildlife, but there were always birds and lizards, the occasional butterflies or a turtle. And at the end, usually some type of playground.  Suddenly, it was fun outside. We\u2019d play chase or hide-n-seek.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is so important for kids to learn to connect with nature. Now, more than ever. Scott Sampson published \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Raise-Wild-Child-Science\/dp\/0544705297\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Raise-Wild-Child-Science\/dp\/0544705297\">How to Raise a Wild Child<\/a>.\u201d I recommend checking it out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that some of my kids from years ago still visit and remember those trips.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build memories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make an impression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personally, I get outside as often as I can. During Covid, when we were mostly avoiding other people, I started implementing \u201cTake a Hike Tuesdays\u201d in my summer camps. It was basically just a short hike through a local park. Mostly, I just wanted to get outside and breathe some fresh air, but it became [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14,13,5],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-advice","tag-get-outside","tag-hiking-with-kids","tag-parenting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}