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Does Life After Kids Mean No More Adventures?

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Our response to the question, does life after kids mean no more adventures, was very clear… our adventures would NEVER stop. Why would they? We’d get the gear and bring the kids with us to include them and show them how much fun it is. Like our a summer car-camping trip in the pic above.

No matter what ‘everyone’ said, life shouldn’t stop after kids… should it? But, I had seen other friends stop adventuring, lose sleep, stress out and get over-worked. So looking back, I did have some fear.

I was worried, but I shouldn’t have been. As a Dad, I’m here to tell you adventures do NOT have to stop in life after kids.

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Is It A Nice Day Today? It Takes One Breath to Notice

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A reader sent me this excerpt from Pooh below in response to my post about being a good role model for kids.

If we are finding our real life character then it is important to show children how to love being outside and to notice nature.

This is crucial to encourage our children to protect the planet in the future.

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Are You a Role Model, What is Your Real Life Character?

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In the previous post I asked what type of role model do you want to be for your kids. This post is focused on finding your real life character. Are you someone who,

  • Explores, appreciates and experiences the outdoors?
  • Learns about and coexists in the natural world?
  • Moves, is strong, is healthy and not fat or lethargic?
  • Plays, laughs and socialises?

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Why You Must Go Play Outside. Science Behind The Movement

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Anxiety, obesity, heart disease and depression are some of the biggest problems in our society today, no debate. These ‘modern day’ ailments are hurting us and we are unwittingly passing this legacy onto our children. The media, with it’s sweeping generalisations, blames lack of exercise, nutrition and technology among other things as the cause. There is now a large volume of science backing up, what we know intuitively to be true, that the lack of time outdoors in nature is also a major cause.

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