I’ve actually used this when I did the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb (I’m a bit scared of heights when in the open air, but my desire to accomplish this outweighed my fear) The worst bit was when we had to climb a short section where I could see through to the water below - I just told myself that it was only a few seconds out of the rest of my life!
I would find that scary too! I got myself through a rainforest zipline tour that way once too -- I'm not fond of heights, but thought it would be worthwhile (it was!)
I have an 8 year old boy. I wonder how you communicate time usage to your kids of varying ages.
This post is a very good example of something I can share with my son about how to visualize himself in the other side of a given situation - whether it’s working through anxiety, trying again, or trying for the first time.
Are there tactics that have worked for you to get them off their screens during a given amount of down time?
@Meaghan - I can't say I have any brilliant ideas for getting kids off screens during downtime... I suggest stuff that they find fun, or sometimes try to get them to play with each other... It is an ongoing project to help my kids learn about time but I think sometimes that's something we have to come to on our own ;)
I’ve actually used this when I did the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb (I’m a bit scared of heights when in the open air, but my desire to accomplish this outweighed my fear) The worst bit was when we had to climb a short section where I could see through to the water below - I just told myself that it was only a few seconds out of the rest of my life!
I would find that scary too! I got myself through a rainforest zipline tour that way once too -- I'm not fond of heights, but thought it would be worthwhile (it was!)
Zip lining is another thing on my wish list. Unfortunately I can’t do a tandem skydive as I have a pacemaker :-(
Hi Laura, long time reader here.
I have an 8 year old boy. I wonder how you communicate time usage to your kids of varying ages.
This post is a very good example of something I can share with my son about how to visualize himself in the other side of a given situation - whether it’s working through anxiety, trying again, or trying for the first time.
Are there tactics that have worked for you to get them off their screens during a given amount of down time?
@Meaghan - I can't say I have any brilliant ideas for getting kids off screens during downtime... I suggest stuff that they find fun, or sometimes try to get them to play with each other... It is an ongoing project to help my kids learn about time but I think sometimes that's something we have to come to on our own ;)