Posted By: SGQ
Children and tent time? - 03/20/11 06:35 PM
My daughter is about to turn 5~ I have kept her pretty far away from any interaction with my gliders as I felt she was simply too little. There was an incident when she was smaller that basically caused me to forbid any interaction whatsoever.. for her safety and theirs.
But now~~ she has developed a huge interest in the gliders in the home. I think a lot of this has been building up since December~ as she was the one who discovered Thor.
And then, she was with me when I rescued Karma, and she was at the vet with us when Karma got checked up. So this would have been her first experience with a glider "loose" in the room.
And then she was with us when we drove to Denver to pick up Zinger..
So now she follows me around while I clean, sew, make foods.. and asks tons of questions about their care and everything and anything about them and their noises and behaviors....
I know maturity has a lot to do with *when* one may include their children in glider interaction.
What I wonder is, how old were your children when you say~ invited them in for a tent time or something of the sort?
I think I still have a few things that need to be taken care of before I include my daughter in something like tent time (one being ~bonding with Zinger for his security and mine, the other being that she *know* not to get scared or grab, but to just sit and watch~~)
But what are the general thoughts on this and how'd you get your kids ready for something like this?
But now~~ she has developed a huge interest in the gliders in the home. I think a lot of this has been building up since December~ as she was the one who discovered Thor.
And then, she was with me when I rescued Karma, and she was at the vet with us when Karma got checked up. So this would have been her first experience with a glider "loose" in the room.
And then she was with us when we drove to Denver to pick up Zinger..
So now she follows me around while I clean, sew, make foods.. and asks tons of questions about their care and everything and anything about them and their noises and behaviors....
I know maturity has a lot to do with *when* one may include their children in glider interaction.
What I wonder is, how old were your children when you say~ invited them in for a tent time or something of the sort?
I think I still have a few things that need to be taken care of before I include my daughter in something like tent time (one being ~bonding with Zinger for his security and mine, the other being that she *know* not to get scared or grab, but to just sit and watch~~)
But what are the general thoughts on this and how'd you get your kids ready for something like this?