Hi it's episode 168 and today we are talking about hiking with kids. I want to share

with you a few of the far-reaching benefits that you probably have it even

considered when it comes to the simple activity.

You are listening to the simple activity. You are listening to the Simple Families Podcast, a Q&A-style show that brings you solutions for living

well with family.

Here's your host, Deney Barajona.

Hi there, I know that many of us, at least here in the US, are getting ready to wrap up our summers.

And at the end of August, we will go back to the typical weekly schedule for the Simple Families

podcast.

So today I wanted to take a fairly common summer nice weather activity hiking and break it down and talk about the many many ways that something like this something something that's so simple, actually benefits your family.

Here's why this is important. On the podcast I talk a lot about the importance of involving

our kids in unstructured activities and in the current day and age that

we live in there is a tendency to enroll our kids in soccer, baseball, nature camp, you

name it. And we feel like this is the right thing to do,

that this is how kids need to learn and to grow. And with such an emphasis and

really such an availability of new programs and new activities like this emerging all the time,

we can feel like if we're not doing these that our kids might be missing out.

So that's why I want to take it back to the basics. So let's look at one simple activity.

Today we're going to talk about hiking and discuss all of the many amazing ways

that just simply taking your kids outside and going for a walk in the woods offer so much enrichment and so much

potential for growth. Before we get into this episode, here's a quick one minute word from our sponsor

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