How Backpacking With Your Toddler Will Make Them Stronger
If you found this post, you probably enjoy the outdoors. Backpacking is one of the ultimate ways to really get out into nature and enjoy all of the beauty. Backpacking can be hard enough just taking care of your own gear and food. So why would you go backpacking with your toddler?
Sounds crazy right? Well that all depends on perspective.
Backpacking With Your Toddler Is About Perspective
If your thinking about all of the extra work, preparation and whining that will come you probably want to say “bag it”.
What if, instead you thought about your child first? What could this trip mean to them? How would this “hard” thing help them down the road?
What The Navy Seal’s Teach Us About Backpacking And Hard Things
If you know much about the Navy SEALs you probably know that they are some of the toughest soldiers in the world. How did they get so tough? Well they trained like crazy and the culmination of their training is what they refer to as “hell week”. For a week they are put through hell. It’s horribly miserable training and very little sleep. They push their bodies to the limit.
Why? So when they are put in a really tough situation they can look back and say “I survived hell week, I can get through this”. Learning how to get over those tough climbs will help you prepare for the future mountains that will surely come.
Backpacking With Our Toddler
In preparing for our first backpacking trip with our two-year-old, we decided that she would be hiking the whole time. We knew it would be hard for her to do it. We also knew it would take a lot of patience and help from us. But if she could get through this tough hike she could get through the next “mountain” that would come.
The result?
We were totally floored! On the three day hiking trip she hiked a total of 10 miles and she did really well. Keeping her focussed was hard at times but she loved it. Its now a great reminder for her about doing hard things. Likewise it was an eye opener to us of the capability of our children.
They CAN do hard things and they SHOULD do hard things.
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