Please reassure me I'm not the only DP in the UK that allows and actively encourages my dc to climb trees

[keepyourchinupdear]

As per the caption... Am I wrong in doing this? I never see dc climbing trees or playing outdoors - am I the only one?

Wedded I allow first & foremost - I have never told my dc to climb a tree. In England, there are so few, you need to show them where the strong, climbable trees are

It struck me watching the Paralympics how many of those athletes became paraplegic due to falling from a tree

Did they really? I'm surprised. Not doubting, just surprised.

Catrin what is so wrong in keeping my DC safe.

My 3 year old DD3 got stuck up a tree while picking DD2 up from school and I had to climb up and rescue her.

The next day she climbed the tree again but managed to get down by herself. She was very pleased with herself.

My DM tells me that I was climbing on to the shed roof at 2 and calling her to come out and catch Mr when I jumped.

Wow, no wonder 1 in 3 or 4 children are obese... They get no P.E... I find this sad

Ican - a good starter 'tree' is a large rhodedendron bush (the really big ones). They have lots of low branches, and the wild ones are really a non-native weed which conservationists try to get rid of.

Whats wrong with teaching them how to do things safely ICANSEE? Everything your dcs do could lead to danger, Do you allow them electrical computers, small game pieces, food they may choke on, shoe laces they can trip over, how about going over a road or in a car??????

Owlcapone - Lauren Jones, Shelley Woods etc

Did they really? I'm surprised. Not doubting, just surprised.

Me, too. I'd like more information on that.

Thanks errol. I think somebody gets what I am trying to say.

I don't have a problem with children climbing trees, just the safety aspect of it.

Oh fuck you night damage pea pods by picking them or the atmosphere by driving your expensive car or the poor children in Africa by buying absolutely anything from Waitrose. Fuck sake

Mine LOVES those High Adventure type things where she get a helmet and a harness and gets to dangle 30 feet up. I can't even watch. DH has the pleasure of accompaning her/

My dc are always up trees. They get told off for it in school though, sadly.

Keepyourchinup - don't be daft. Not climbing trees is no PE ?

Did you climb a tree in your childhood and land on your head?

I was a prolific tree climber as a kid, best in my village. Icould get right to the top at the start of the crown and Im talking big oak trees, there was a certain route you took up the tree that was safer and got you up the tree quicker.

My parents had a fit when they found out but i carried on, i used to climb fences, buildings, garage roofs and i didnt stop till I was 15, i never caused any damage.

so glad I did it, i hope my four get the opportunity to do stuff like this.

i never hurt myself either, however my dd managed to break her arm falling of a stationary space hopper on grass.

In England, there are so few

That's really not true 11.6% of the land is woodland. There are 123 million trees outside of woodland. If there aren't any trees where you live then that may be the nub of the issue.

My children climb trees ( and so do I, aged 48 )

My children don't 'play out' mainly because we live in a city, in a flat with no garden.

But we manAge the park a lot with school friends (and there they climb trees, collect broken glass and use bottle tops as pretend money.

And we live in a beautiful country and often climb big hills and oh camping. The children have a wild space in which they can run about while the grown ups sit and chat but this will sadly soon be used fir luxury flats.

Kids need to learn physical and mental resilience. You don't keep them safe by mollycoddling them - you do it by letting them gradually do more. If you want to keep a child safe from drowning, you teach it to swim and do a water safety course - you don't avoid water.

My DDs climbed trees. DH made a tree house with them and they were up there nearly every day, rain or shine.

Errol - what happened to a thing called common sense?