Dec '24 • General discussion
Anything you can do they can do…Mostly
One thing that I often fall victim to is underestimating my kids. For example, when in Phoenix I wanted to go on a family hike; I remembered Camelback Mountain from a year ago and remembered it being fun but not too challenging. We got to the trailhead at noon with 2 napping kids to start our 3 mile trek up 1300 ft to the peak. I was hesitant to wake the kids up but did it anyway at Nicole’s suggestion. As we walked up the steps carved in the mountain, I realized the hike was longer and more exposed than I remembered. The last 1/3 of the hike was a scramble and that didn’t seem like a long ways for an adult but definitely did for a kid. Doubt crept in, I started asking if we should turn around every time we came to a stop, concerned about the scramble and my 3 yr old’s attitude (he was still wake up grumpy). We pressed on and when we got to the scrabble we were super glad we did. The kiddo was a Billy goat getting up the rock pile and we had a blast watching. I was proud of him, 3 yrs old and he bagged his first peak. Lesson learned: don’t lead with my predispositions, challenge them.
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Anything you can do they can do…Mostly
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