Outdoor Skiing Family | Raising Kids With Adventure

Kids thrive with adventure. What was that? Whoa! Oh my goodness! What do you think that is? It's either dog poo or a bar. Okay, I'm here with Adia. She's my five-year-old daughter. My name's Eric. I'm a dad who documents our skiing adventures in the wintertime. Adia, what are we going to get up to today? What's going to happen? We never know what's going to happen when we go skiing. Sometimes we do the rail park. Sometimes we accidentally drop a backpack off the chair. Remember when that happened? Yeah. You were the rescue rider. Sometimes we ski through the trails in the trees in the forest. Sometimes we laugh and cry and have fun and get cold and stay warm and all of the above. It's an adventure. If you like the sounds of that and you haven't hit the subscribe button already, it's a great free way to support the channel and to be able to follow along for more content. Thanks for watching. You're doing big turns? Don't go too far that way. That was a good turn. Look at that one. You were like, whoa! Oh my goodness! What? What were you doing? You were skiing so hard your skis were like coming off. Because you were kind of in like race speed mode when you turn. If that happens a lot, if that happens one or two more times, I'll tighten it up. Push me. We definitely like for our skis to come off so we don't hurt your knees. Now you're going faster again before you turn again. You go a little faster and then you go. Okay, Adia dropped a bar from the chair. We're going to try to find it. Luca did this once, I think last year. Adia, it's going to be shaped. It's going to be right underneath the chair and I think it's still a little bit this way. What's this? Adia, what's this? Come here. Look at the hole I found. What do you think that is? It's either dog poo or a bar. A bar. See if that's it. Is it it or no? It looks like dog poo. It's frozen. Is that your bar? Yeah. You can eat it. Is it for sure your granola bar though? It's not like a piece of bark or elk poop? No. Okay. Here, I'll hold it while you ski and you can eat it on the elk chair. Daddy will have a bite. Oh my gosh. I know, that's what I said. What was that? A jump. That was a jump. It was I think a log across the trail. You just did it. You just said, I'll just send it. You're doing really good with your skis together. Like you can side slip like that. You're pretty good at side slipping, right? You get to slip and then you can slip back a little bit. There you go. You go a little backwards. You go a little forwards. Yeah. Hey, do we want to try this powder or does it look tricky? There you go. Oh. Even though we're often skiing the same runs over and over, the mountain is a dynamic place. Weather and conditions change and it's possible for the unknown and unforeseens to take place. When children are able to experience adventure and tolerate risk in this way, it helps develop problem solving. It helps develop self-awareness, self-confidence, and resiliency as well. I haven't read many books on the topic and I certainly don't have a PhD in childhood development, but my intuition as a parent has led me to believe that this is one of the core ingredients to a healthy childhood. Do I think every family needs to start skiing and adopt a similar lifestyle to us? Absolutely not. But the social, emotional, and physical benefits that kids gain from experiencing adventures should not be undervalued. And there is an infinite amount of ways to foster and cultivate this experience for kids. I have a feeling that if more kids are able to get outside, move their bodies, and breathe some fresh air, a lot of other problems start to dissolve. We weren't designed to sit still or be inside, so I hope you find a way to add the core ingredient of adventure into your life.