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So You Wanna Be an Outdoor Parent

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Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 18 October 2023

ā±ļø 29 minutes

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Summary

There’s no way to guarantee that your kids will embrace nature and adventure, but you can do some things to point them in the right direction. Just askĀ Steven Rinella, host of theĀ MeatEaterĀ TV series and podcast, whose earliest lessons to his three children included getting them comfortable with holding worms and snakes and bugs. Or talk to authorĀ Katie Arnold, creator ofĀ Outside’sĀ Raising Rippers column, who took her first daughter on a multi-day river trip before she could walk. For this episode, aspiring outdoor super dad Paddy O’Connell quizzes Steven and Katie about the lessons they’ve learned while trying to raise dirt-footed tumbleweed nature kids. The Outside Podcast is made possible by Outside+ subscribers. Learn more about all the benefits of a subscription and subscribe now at outsideonline.com/podplus.

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0:00.0

From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

0:14.4

A couple weeks ago, I took my 11-year-old son fishing.

0:17.6

Why are we cutting fish?

0:18.7

Who's fault is that?

0:19.7

No, it's not.

0:22.0

We fished together a lot, but this time was different.

0:24.9

It was our first attempt to catch tuna, which, where we live in Northern California,

0:29.8

requires heading far offshore.

0:32.0

We have a small open boat, and running at 25 to 45 miles off the coast comes with some

0:37.9

risks.

0:38.9

Now, we took all kinds of precautions, including, most importantly, waiting for a window

0:43.2

of calm weather, and heading out alongside another boat, so we could help each other out

0:48.4

if something happened.

0:50.0

But still, my boy is 11-years-old, and in the days leading up to the trip, I seriously

0:55.0

questioned my judgment.

0:56.6

One night, I woke up in a panic, imagining worst-case scenarios.

1:01.0

The next morning, I called on some experienced anglers, who are also parents, and they assured

1:05.7

me that I wasn't crazy, that the risks we were taking were quite reasonable, all things

1:10.9

considered.

1:11.9

So we went for it, and we was spectacular.

1:14.8

We didn't catch any fish, but we saw huge, bluefin tuna leaping out of the water,

1:19.8

groups of white-sided dolphin, and a distant blue whale.

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