Any of you with elementary age kids? Or three? I've been wrestling with how to introduce BOB's to my kids. They are used to the concept of packing and preparing, as we frequently take camping trips to the mountains in our off-road vehicle (our BOV, if you will). We pack very lightly for having three young kids.
I am approaching them more as "personal bags" or something more positive in nature. Please help coin a name! "Adventure Bags"? I want the kids to consider their bags not for "bugging out", implying that you have to run from some evil (hopefully not). Kids don't need to live with that fear in mind...if possible... Rather, I want them to look at them as bags that have the stuff they need for adventures in life. By tying the bags into our vacations (camping, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, etc) the kids will get comfortable with their bag as theirs and look at them in a positive light. If they don't take ownership of them, I am going to kill myself trying to manage them for them. This is my plan...
I'd like to see discussion about the BOB subject, but from a family and child perspective.
Thanks.
I am approaching them more as "personal bags" or something more positive in nature. Please help coin a name! "Adventure Bags"? I want the kids to consider their bags not for "bugging out", implying that you have to run from some evil (hopefully not). Kids don't need to live with that fear in mind...if possible... Rather, I want them to look at them as bags that have the stuff they need for adventures in life. By tying the bags into our vacations (camping, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, etc) the kids will get comfortable with their bag as theirs and look at them in a positive light. If they don't take ownership of them, I am going to kill myself trying to manage them for them. This is my plan...
I'd like to see discussion about the BOB subject, but from a family and child perspective.
Thanks.