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Hiking with your family is among the best ways you can spend time with your spouse and children. It’s a wonderful way to spend a day, instill in your children a love of nature and physical fitness. There are some things that you need to know though to have the best time possible.
Know everybody limitations! This applies even when you’re hiking with only adults, however it’s even more important when you’re with kids. Children can begin hiking around the age of three. Strollers don’t work well because of uneven terrain, however, you can use a baby back pack to carry your child on your back. This will allow you to go wherever you’d like with little difficulty. When you hike with children, there’s a great emotional strain, but the physical exertion will and should be at a minimum. Kids are smaller and have shorter legs, and shorter attention spans. They’ll not be able to hike for miles right off the bat. Start at small and work your way up to longer more difficult hikes. By starting them young, your kids will have a wonderful lifetime of hiking ahead of them.
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