Camping Expeditions And The Pursuit Of Family Bonding
Just about any camping expedition, with the exploring
, camp set up, outdoor cooking and general interaction, is an excellent venue for family bonding. Everybody benefits from human relationships and bonding is at a higher level as it includes trust, love and fulfillment - and this is even more important between parents and their children. The bonding between fathers and sons as well as that between mothers and daughters should never be missing. It lays the foundation for a healthy development and the future adults they will become. At the same time the emotional benefits for the parents are incalculable. Much of what we become is influenced, positively or negatively, by our family relations.
Children need role models and the best ones are fathers for the boys and mothers for the girls. Positive role models, and unfortunately negative ones also, will have an impact on the child. With same sex parents the question arises as to the role model and i suppose the jury is still out on this.
One of the best and natural scenarios that promote bonding is camping trips. The hands on experiences make it the ideal occasion for sharing, interacting, teaching and just plain goofing off. 1
The wonderful thing about camping trips is that everybody can come - maybe a little more planning will be needed at times, but campers can be from just about any age. This means the sharing and bonding opportunities are very large and worthwhile.
At times the last camping trip seems to be lost back in time and this could mean that camping ideas are not so easy to find. For these cases here are five ideas for types of camping trips you can plan.
1. Plan a hiking trip. If your children are smaller, make it a short one, but help them appreciate nature. It is gratifying when you realize the closeness this type of trips builds up.
2. Fishing Expeditions. As with other camping alternatives, part of the fun is to choose where, with whom and the getting the right gear. From the point of view of bonding, fishing implies a teaching and sharing experience. You have many alternatives in America - fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams) and sea fishing (off the coast or further out).
3. RV Expeditions. All in all a great alternative for your camping trips. You can spend longer away, you can travel further and enjoy any of the numerous camping sites that cater for RV's. Also, and people sometimes forget this, is that you can include other camping activities such as fishing and hiking as part of your overall trip. In short, together with many home comforts you have a lot of flexibility as to choices and activities.
4. Backpacking Expeditions. In the family bonding type of trip, it is better when the children are no longer toddlers, maybe 8 upwards (depending on your child). This simply because there will be times you may have to help them along and there is the risk that the long looked forward to trip turns into a nightmare. Having said that, there is something about this type of trips that builds up confidence, create great and long lasting memories and are always an educational experience. Apart from all that they are fun.
5. Tents. The bottom line is that when you think about camping you always imagine a tent, a sleeping bag, the fire and a little cooking outside. For children these become moments they treasure and in the future will probably repeat with their own children. It is rare for a child to dislike camping out and there are so many places and locations you can go to, with the appropriate safeguards that it is really a waste not to take advantage of this. Family bonding comes so naturally when camping out that it can easily become a family moment to be repeated at least once a season.
by: Phil Robin
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