#1144: Hike Ultimate

About this episode

The episode discusses how to encourage boys to engage in outdoor activities and unplug from electronics, featuring a personal story about a hiking experience.

How can you get your son to unplug from his electronics and go outside? You know his bones and muscles are atrophying with no activity, but how can you help him become the young man he has the potential to be? Dane enrolled his son in Trail Life. On his first hike, he thought he might have made a mistake, for it was a long, exhausting trek up the side of a mountain. But when the other boys broke out frisbees and his son was sprinting across the meadow playing a game of ‘Ult...

Topics covered

• outdoor activities
• parenting
• youth development
• unplugging
• hiking

Keywords

• unplug
• hiking
• Trail Life
• outdoor play
• parenting tips

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trail Life

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