The dress code on an invitation read, ‘Dress’, ‘Make an effort’, which is what bringing up children seems to be, all the time, every day. And making an extra effort can seem …. too much of an effort.
Whatever your boundary: walking more than three miles with the children; teaching them to bicycle; putting up a tent and then rigging a dinghy, can be a stretch. YFA is here to help make it happen.
As with all challenges, start being positive.
Remember “Casey Junior”? The little engine in Dumbo “I think I can I think I can” as he forces himself up the hill, and “I thought I could, I thought I could”, as he powers over the top and down the other side.
Wall-E? Before Eve, the rocket, etc. and, the happy ending. Crunch by crunch, Wall-E piled up debris into huge towers.
Think this too childish? Keeping it child-like is part of succeeding with youngsters. Try, looking from the children’s point of view. It is enlightening and will reveal unexpected ways to ‘encourage’ them. You will be surprised.