Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids

by Greta Eskridge

Overview

A modern, practical, and inspiring guide to creating deep heart connections with kids by regularly creating new experiences and intentional adventures together.

Parents today complain of fragmented relationships with their kids. What parents yearn for—and their kids too—is deep, heart-to-heart connections. But how can parents compete with all the other noise fighting for their kids' attention?

The answer, says Greta Eskridge, is to break free from regular routines and familiar comforts of home to experience new places and adventures—even if those adventures go awry. From simply reading a book together to going on an overnight backpacking trip, activities together provide unique and crucial bonding opportunities. Adventuring Together highlights Greta's stories of doing just that, including

• an array of ideas for outdoor and indoor ventures,
• what to do when your finances are limited,
• and how to adventure if your family can't hit the hiking trail or spend the night at a campground.

Giving readers the tools to make adventures happen, Adventuring Together is a step-by-step guide for parents—whether in the city or the country—to start building connections today that will last a lifetime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785231363
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,107,263
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Greta Eskridge is a second-generation homeschooling mom of four. Her message of deeply connected and intentional parenting began as a blog in her early days of mothering, but quickly blossomed into a writing and speaking career. Now Greta helps parents and kids create connection in a disconnected world on her website, at the popular Wild and Free homeschool conferences, and at speaking engagements around the country. Greta and her husband, Aaron, have been married for twenty-one years and make their home in southern California.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Stuff Lasting Connections Are Made Of XIII

Part 1 How Adventures Make Connections

Chapter 1 Adventures Change Us 3

Chapter 2 Yes, You Can Adventure with Your Kids! 13

Part 2 Start the Adventures

Chapter 3 How to Begin: Start Small 29

Chapter 4 How to Continue: Be Intentional 41

Chapter 5 How to Thrive: Grow Your Adventures 53

Part 3 Step into Adventure

Chapter 6 Adjust Your Attitude 67

Chapter 7 Try New Things 83

Chapter 8 Revisit Favorites 95

Chapter 9 Do Hard Things 109

Chapter 10 Get Outside 123

Chapter 11 Indoor Adventures 135

Chapter 12 Adventuring with Books 149

Conclusion: Call to Action 161

How to Create an Adventure Club 171

How to Hike with Kids 175

How to Enjoy a Museum Trip with Kids 179

How to Start a Book Club 183

Acknowledgments 187

About the Author 190

Editorial Reviews

05/11/2020

Eskridge, who runs conferences for homeschooling parents, challenges parents to create meaningful adventures with their kids in her enticing debut. As a second-generation homeschooler and mother of four, Eskridge grew up hearing tales of her father’s boyhood adventures and longed to cultivate the same spirit in her own family. Sharing her own family stories, she illustrates ways adventures have created the potential for growth, such as how a trip to India as a teenager opened her eyes to the needs of the poor. She encourages parents of young children to start small, such as on well-marked trails of a local nature center, and assures them that a willing heart and the desire to connect are the only “adventure credentials” needed. She recommends planning both day trips and longer stays, and stresses the importance of planning and maximizing time together as a family. Using stories of ominous campsite thunderstorms and less than ideal accommodations, Eskridge shows how instances when things don’t go according to plan can be used as teaching moments to show that life isn’t always easy. Eskridge includes many adventure ideas, such as hiking, museum trips, and starting kid-friendly book clubs. This is a helpful resource for forming “heart connections” with one’s children. (July)

Publishers Weekly