Adventuring Together
How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
A modern, practical, and inspiring guide to creating deep heart connections with kids by regularly creating new experiences and intentional adventures together.
Parents today complain of fragmented relationships with their kids. What parents yearn for--and their kids too--is deep, heart-to-heart connections. But how can parents compete with all the other noise fighting for their kids' attention?
The answer, says Greta Eskridge, is to break free from regular routines and familiar comforts of home to experience new places and adventures--even if those adventures go awry. From simply reading a book together to going on an overnight backpacking trip, activities together provide unique and crucial bonding opportunities. Adventuring Together highlights Greta's stories of doing just that, including
an array of ideas for outdoor and indoor ventures,what to do when your finances are limited,and how to adventure if your family can't hit the hiking trail or spend the night at a campground.
Giving readers the tools to make adventures happen, Adventuring Together is a step-by-step guide for parents--whether in the city or the country--to start building connections today that will last a lifetime.
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Eskridge, who runs conferences for homeschooling parents, challenges parents to create meaningful adventures with their kids in her enticing debut. As a second-generation homeschooler and mother of four, Eskridge grew up hearing tales of her father's boyhood adventures and longed to cultivate the same spirit in her own family. Sharing her own family stories, she illustrates ways adventures have created the potential for growth, such as how a trip to India as a teenager opened her eyes to the needs of the poor. She encourages parents of young children to start small, such as on well-marked trails of a local nature center, and assures them that a willing heart and the desire to connect are the only "adventure credentials" needed. She recommends planning both day trips and longer stays, and stresses the importance of planning and maximizing time together as a family. Using stories of ominous campsite thunderstorms and less than ideal accommodations, Eskridge shows how instances when things don't go according to plan can be used as teaching moments to show that life isn't always easy. Eskridge includes many adventure ideas, such as hiking, museum trips, and starting kid-friendly book clubs. This is a helpful resource for forming "heart connections" with one's children.
