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UER Forum > Archived US: South > At what age would you take a son/daughter with you? (Viewed 1448 times)
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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 20 on 2/2/2010 6:47 AM >
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Heh!
I *wish* you were the oldest one here!
I'd say use your normal, good parental judgment. Every case is different and some kids are ready sooner than others but I think Raticus (our humble moderator) has been taking his rugrat since he was 8, if I remember correctly. As long as you keep it safe, it can be another great activity to share.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 21 on 2/2/2010 9:14 PM >
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You'd have to question the judgement and parenting of anyone who didn't wait until their child was at least, say, two years old.


Dang, I was tryin to establish the worst case scenario and ya'll went the other way with it. I actually WISH my parents had been this cool when I was growing up. Its hard to say how things would have turned out though.

Be safe, use good judgement, have fun!

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 22 on 2/2/2010 11:05 PM >
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I don't have kids of my own. So I'm not going to give any specific advice.

I think the arguments for educating your kids about safety in exploring is a good idea.

I've been an explorere since I was in grade school and had a habit of checking out sites without my parents knowledge. Even though I knew I'd be in deep doo-doo if my parents found out, I couldn't resist the urge. Who knows what lies around that bend in the road, or what secrets that old farmhouse might hold?

As a result, I occasionally suffered injuries that I kept secret from my parents. For instance while an old farm, I discovered that a large nail was sticking out of the top of the middle of my foot. On another expedition, I busted my knee so badly that it was swollen for months. I self treated my injuries on my own without telling any figures of authority.

If I had a kid that suffered injuries of any kind, I'd want to know. I don't think I'd want to have the sort of relationship in which my children were afraid to let me know about them.

Just my two cents, for what it's worth.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 23 on 2/3/2010 3:35 AM >
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I think exploring provides a great opportunity to explain some of how the Real World works. Why is trespassing illegal? It's not really because there's something inherently evil about simply existing in a place that isn't "yours" -- it's because someone *else* came and did something *stupid*. And since nobody knows that *we* won't break stuff, we could get in trouble.

This understanding of the world comes in handy all the time. Why does Mesquite say pants have to have a belt? Because if you didn't, some stupid brat would walk around with his pants down by his knees because some crackhead on the radio does it. Why do they have red-light cameras? Because people were driving like idiots, causing wrecks and killing people. Why are the cops waiting at the end of the drain by the Pepsi plant? Because the Pepsi folks got tired of taggers and copper thieves, so now they call the cops whenever they see a shadow near the creek.

In all those cases, an action by one or more idiots leads to an overreaction. But that's how humans work. I've found that understanding that stupid rules come from some stupid person's stupid action reduces frustration with things that are beyond my control. Knowing that it's not about me lets me hold my head up... that's something I want to teach my kids.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 24 on 2/3/2010 6:56 PM >
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Posted by Barry Kooda
Heh!
I *wish* you were the oldest one here!
I'd say use your normal, good parental judgment. Every case is different and some kids are ready sooner than others but I think Raticus (our humble moderator) has been taking his rugrat since he was 8, if I remember correctly. As long as you keep it safe, it can be another great activity to share.


Well actually we took rugrat (Rat Jr) along because we could lift him up and shove him through a broken window so he could run around in the building and come unlock the door for us.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 25 on 2/3/2010 10:24 PM >
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Posted by 2Xplorations


Well actually we took rugrat (Rat Jr) along because we could lift him up and shove him through a broken window so he could run around in the building and come unlock the door for us.


Hey!
I wrote that line!

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 26 on 2/3/2010 11:27 PM >
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Heading out tomorrow for my boy's first UE. He's 40 and totally psyched about the proposition. Pics to follow.

(Meta, that is the cutest little explorer I've ever seen.)

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 27 on 2/4/2010 3:50 AM >
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Posted by WEKurtz
Heading out tomorrow for my boy's first UE. He's 40 and totally psyched about the proposition. Pics to follow.

(Meta, that is the cutest little explorer I've ever seen.)

40?


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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 28 on 2/4/2010 4:15 AM >
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I take my girls exploring all the time. It's just a matter of finding a place that is appropriate. I would never take them into a building I have never been in myself first, or a place that doesn't have a welcoming feel to it. They were 4 and 6 the first time I took them exploring. They've been in drains, caves, buildings... They love it!







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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 29 on 2/4/2010 4:38 AM >
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Young kids are great for infiltration. Not only is it fun to go exploring with an inquisitive child, but nobody holds your trespassing against you when you say "oh, she just insisted we find out what was in here"

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 30 on 2/4/2010 9:07 AM >
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Post by Barry Kooda

Posted by WEKurtz
Heading out tomorrow for my boy's first UE. He's 40 and totally psyched about the proposition. Pics to follow.

(Meta, that is the cutest little explorer I've ever seen.)


40?


Ya, we're slow learners!

Happydaze, nice couple of sweeties!
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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 31 on 2/4/2010 2:38 PM >
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Posted by WEKurtz



Happydaze, nice couple of sweeties!


I've been told that, even by people who didn't know I had kids! (Thanks, I'm here all week...)


(heh heh heh....)


I hope ya'll have a great time. Be careful and don't forget to post pics!

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take all these unmarked roads,
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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 32 on 2/4/2010 5:18 PM >
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I think the minimum age should be 16-17

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 33 on 2/4/2010 8:30 PM >
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Posted by Happiedaze


I've been told that, even by people who didn't know I had kids! (Thanks, I'm here all week...)


(heh heh heh....)


I hope ya'll have a great time. Be careful and don't forget to post pics!


Daze, those are some cuties, have you taken them on grampa's battleship yet?

Kurtz, My boy is 28, He's only explored with me one time, my daughter is 26, she's been out with me many, many times. Now we take the grand sons with us....

Have fun, and bring him back safe!!!

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 34 on 2/4/2010 9:34 PM >
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I took my stepson into his first mine when he was 9. He loved it. Give them an adventure instead of an X-Box.

I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 35 on 2/5/2010 1:45 AM >
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Posted by cr400


Daze, those are some cuties, have you taken them on grampa's battleship yet?

Kurtz, My boy is 28, He's only explored with me one time, my daughter is 26, she's been out with me many, many times. Now we take the grand sons with us....

Have fun, and bring him back safe!!!


Yup. They've been there and they loved it. I think it's time for another trip though, it was a couple of years ago.

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take all these unmarked roads,
we blaze the trails to places no one goes, yeah!' -Rise Against
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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 36 on 2/5/2010 4:34 AM >
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Posted by Happiedaze


Yup. They've been there and they loved it. I think it's time for another trip though, it was a couple of years ago.


Let us know when you head to the battleship, we got kids too and it could turn into a meet and greet.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 37 on 2/5/2010 4:35 AM >
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I am still weighing out the options. I still just don't know. I hate for my son to get into trouble.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 38 on 2/5/2010 5:11 AM >
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Posted by backslider26
I am still weighing out the options. I still just don't know. I hate for my son to get into trouble.


Well, you don't necessarily have to take him out to intentionally flaunt the law at every turn.

How about all those places that are in a bit of a grey area as concerns trespassing - active public and private buildings, for instance. If you find a path that doesn't pass any No Entry signs, you've got plausible deniability, right? You could also just have your son start asking permission to get into interesting places.

I'd imagine you could come up with all sorts of interesting possibilities in the UE world that are outside the sphere of the gleeful trespassing we all know and love.

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Re: At what age would you take a son/daughter with you?
<Reply # 39 on 2/5/2010 5:15 AM >
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I think the right age is when they can understand that the rules apply to other people and not us.

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