Children

[Jmort1754]

Anyone else's kid want to be outside 24-7?

He just turned 2 on the 4th and always wants to be outside. The fiancé is not impressed with his 515 internal alarm clock, need to eat breakfast by 530 and outside to do yard work by 6

 

[cnelk]

Wait until they are teenagers, they wont get outta bed and are no help at all

Enjoy the time

 

[Jmort1754]

I'm hoping limiting his dependence on technology helps

 

[butcherboy]

My teenage son wants to sleep all day if he can get away with it. my pre teen daughter wants to read all day now that it’s HOT! My 8 yr old daughter wants to be outside even when it’s 103 degrees. No thanks!

 

[grfox92]

My 4 kids play outside most of the day. Even when it's 5 degrees out my 10 year old is in snow pants sma a parka playing war.

They are home schooled starting this past school year and that's only made them more feral .

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[TaperPin]

I'm hoping limiting his dependence on technology helps

Parents today have all sorts of electronics marketed to them for kids. When our 2 year old grandson comes over for the day he watches movies in the car, the mother drags out an iPad with his favorite videos, some weird game, and a bag full of toys that beep, sound like animals or otherwise flash and light up. Him and I don’t use any of it, play with steel Tonka dump trucks, dirt, cheap plastic animals, have more fun looking at real things, bugs, birds, ground squirrels, cooking, or reading. Not once has he complained we don’t have a movie for him in the 4Runner. Stuffed animal display and the big fish tanks at Scheels are the shizzle. There’s a place for videos and electronics in small amounts, but it reminds me of mental junk food. He will get enough of that from his friends in grade school.

 

[dirtshooter]

Our two, 5 and 2, want to be outside all day and night and they even tell my wife "I go outside all day right now" lol. Some times even before breakfast their first words are "go outside" I can't help but think part of it is because we tell the dogs to go outside so they naturally think going outside is something one should do daily. They sure love it. My wife not so much but I laugh cause she's not super outdoorsy but she has no choice now with 2.

We also severely limit screens and tech which helps I'm sure.

 

[brancher147]

My youngest son was like that for a while around when he turned 2. Wanted to go outside before breakfast even if it wasn’t light yet. Both mine get up between 5 and 530 all the time. He’s almost 3 now and doesn’t do that much anymore. Things change pretty quick at that age

 

[JeffRaines]

My two are polar opposites.

While both will spend all day on electronics if you let them(we do NOT), my daughter(almost 9) will happily camp, fish, hunt and hike with mom or dad if the opportunity strikes.

My son(4), is absolutely an electronic addict. We seriously limit screen time and electronic time(it's summertime, go outside and be kids) but even with that, he still gets bent out of shape sometimes about electronics. We don't mind giving some screen time during the fall/winter/early spring when its raining and rainy out because lets face it - I don't wanna be out in that crap either. When I say screen time is allowed during bad weather, we're still talking 1 hour a day, maybe 2 TOPS. You don't need to sit in front of a screen all day, go use your imagination and play with the numerous toys you have.

With that said, both were raised the same way. My daughter was in turkey camp at 9 months old. My son had gone on 3 camping trips before he was 3 months old.

I lucked out in 2020 and had a great spot for bear scouted out. The real kicker? It was only 1/4 mile from the truck! I took my family along with me on one of the trips(then only my daughter and wife). As they were headed back up the hill to the truck near last light, luck shined down on me yet again and a bear materialized in the drainage while they were headed back up. Further, they got turned around on the way up the hill and had to come back down anyway. My daughter was there when I dropped the hammer on that bear, and watched it run back down the hill and tumble to its resting place in a bush on the side of the hill.

The shot was only ~150 yards IIRC. The bear tumbled down to 200 or 220 from me. The real kicker about this hill was that it was legit 45* or more in spots. To get down from the truck to the glassing point was 250 vertical loss. To get to the bear from the glassing point was a further 375 down in less than a 1/4 mile. I just checked all these numbers in GE to verify I wasn't exaggerating anything.

My daughter was excited. It was almost dark and she BEGGED us to take her down there. I knew it was a bad idea, my wife knew it was a bad idea(she was going to head back to the truck with her and wait on me)... but we did it anyway. We slipped and fell so many times headed down to that bear. She hung out and watched me and her mother skin that thing and get it halfway cut up for the trip back up the hill. By this time it was 10 or so, and pitch black out. We start back up the hill and we knew what we were in for. Endless whining. Every couple of steps, fall and slide. Crying wanting to go back to the truck. We made it back up to the glassing point and we took a short 10 minute break, my daughter fell asleep in my wife's lap. We woke her up and some little whining ensued on the way back up to the truck. We put her in the back and I toss half the bear in the cooler. I get into the truck and the first thing out of my daughters mouth(mind you its near midnight) "DAD YOU SHOT A BEAR THATS SO COOL ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO CAMP AND EAT IT???"

No kid, we're going back to camp and going to sleep because we're beat and I've got to go back first thing in the morning for the other half

 

[Jmort1754]

Our two, 5 and 2, want to be outside all day and night and they even tell my wife "I go outside all day right now" lol. Some times even before breakfast their first words are "go outside" I can't help but think part of it is because we tell the dogs to go outside so they naturally think going outside is something one should do daily. They sure love it. My wife not so much but I laugh cause she's not super outdoorsy but she has no choice now with 2.

We also severely limit screens and tech which helps I'm sure.

He's the same way. Outside is his first word in the morning. Sometimes even in his sleep

 

[TSimons9]

My two year old would prefer to be outside 24/7 as well. We limit screen time similar to others posted above. For the most part he just wants to go fishing, drive his little tractor, or ride his bike. It’s awesome.

He will walk around the house with a little backpack that has a stuffed elk in it, plastic baseball bat (bugle tube), and a plastic bow that shoots darts. He will call elk and shoot his stuffed elk with little foam darts. Proud dad here for sure.

 

[IDbrushswimmer]

Yes, mine are and it’s great. My youngest daughter (turning 3 tomorrow) will sometimes sneak out the dog door to go play when we tell her it’s time to stay inside

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Don't mess with that one. He will do great things for you. And himself, I'll bet. He sounds like me. If he gets curious about taking apart and fixing engines, strap yourself down.

 

[Sooner]

I have a 15 year old and an a two year old (uh oh) as I call him. They are both outside 24/7. I would have it any other way.


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[Jmort1754]

Yes, mine are and it’s great. My youngest daughter (turning 3 tomorrow) will sometimes sneak out the dog door to go play when we tell her it’s time to stay inside

Mine does it all the time. He's like Gus outside, Gus is our golden doodle.

 

[dirt_nap]

My one year old will stay outside for as long as we let her, she loves digging in the garden with mom, trying to play fetch with the dog, chasing any bug she can find. Hoping to keep that spirt alive in her as she gets older. All of our friends that started having kids in this last few years are very against screen time for their kids, thankful that she will be growing up in a community that is committed to raising kids focused on human and outdoor interactions.

 

[SloppyJ]

I have a 7yr old and a 2yr old. They are complete opposites. My 7yr old loves going hunting but he also loves his switch and playing the computer too. Heat index here is over 100 most days so I'm not too hard on him but we get plenty of outdoor time. Matter of fact he asked if I would take off work to take him crappie fishing last week and I told him that it would make me so happy to do that. He's extremely sweet and well behaved. That has to be from his momma.

My 2yr old would love nothing more than to be "Outide" all day. He will routinely sneak out back and has learned to unlock most doors in the house. Him and our new Newfoundland puppy will go out back and have conversations. He did climb up into the small inflatable pool and dove in the other day so we really have to watch him. There's only so much time inside that he can spend. This one isn't as well behaved as the first and will be my payback for all of the bad decisions I made when I was young.

I have to remind myself to enjoy these moments as frustrating and chaotic as they can be. I know it doesn't feel like my oldest is 8 and we only have roughly 10 more years with him at home. Thinking about that always gets to me.

 

[Jmort1754]

I have a 7yr old and a 2yr old. They are complete opposites. My 7yr old loves going hunting but he also loves his switch and playing the computer too. Heat index here is over 100 most days so I'm not too hard on him but we get plenty of outdoor time. Matter of fact he asked if I would take off work to take him crappie fishing last week and I told him that it would make me so happy to do that. He's extremely sweet and well behaved. That has to be from his momma.

My 2yr old would love nothing more than to be "Outide" all day. He will routinely sneak out back and has learned to unlock most doors in the house. Him and our new Newfoundland puppy will go out back and have conversations. He did climb up into the small inflatable pool and dove in the other day so we really have to watch him. There's only so much time inside that he can spend. This one isn't as well behaved as the first and will be my payback for all of the bad decisions I made when I was young.

I have to remind myself to enjoy these moments as frustrating and chaotic as they can be. I know it doesn't feel like my oldest is 8 and we only have roughly 10 more years with him at home. Thinking about that always gets to me.

My step son is 9 he was very much a single mommas boy when I came into the picture, he initially wanted nothign more to be on electronics and inside, he is very meek amd mild mannered.

My two year old has earned his nickname of menace, or as someone others call him Bin Laden because is an absolute terrorist, unlocks the house doors, climbs into his brothers bed and wakes him up by grabbing his nose. Thinks its funny to jump off the stairs type menace.

He is my pay back for being an asshole as a kid.

 

[gbflyer]

I took the games away from the younger one many years ago. When he moved out, he got his own and spends plenty of time plugged in. So….yeah I don’t know. Those things are the ruin of society.


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