How do you raise your kid in a more outdoors kind of place?

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ScottK

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This is weird question, but when I have a kid, I don't want them to be raised in a technology driven city or town. Somewhere when they can be out in the open. I don't want to rid them completely of the world, but you know what I'm
Gettin at.
 
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mIsabelleMommam

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Ahh I grew up in the country, where we only had one grocery store. It was nice growing up in the country, because we spend all of our summer days outside playing, swimming in the river, climbing trees.

You can still encourage them to be outdoors, go camping, go hiking, take them to the park, have picnics etc.
 
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OrganizedChaos1

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Our family lives on a "hobby farm" in the country. There is a gas station, grocery store, pharmacy, library and a few other things within minutes but we have to drive about 20-30 minutes to get to Wal Mart, the mall, our bank (though there is a bank in our small town), the hospital, etc.

We live on a little over ten acres, which allows us to garden (we grow some, but not all, of our own food), raise chickens, have a pond which they fish in and have, on several occasions, gone swimming in, and go around in a pedal boat. They ride bikes, go swimming (we have a pool), jump rope and hula hoop and climb trees and have races and walk around our property and have obstacle courses. They ride golf carts and dirt bikes and go carts and have a pedal car. They play basketball and jump on the trampoline. They have a clubhouse, a tree fort and they have a hideout in the woods.

They also have their own cell phones (works better than any walkie talkies for communicating with them while they are out on the property, out of sight/hearing). They have Nintendo DSs and a Wii. Technology does have benefits and I think is important for children to know and understand. However, we balance their television/computer time with outdoor recreation s they are excercising and getting fresh air. I feel as if we have the best of both worlds:)
 
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