MentoringBoys.com visits WildPlay's Monkido - a tree obstacle course - at Whistler, BC.
Barry MacDonald, author of Boy Smarts, says that although risk-taking is often equated with danger, there's a difference. Healthy risk-taking teaches appropriate limitations. Children who test their competencies in safe and caring atmospheres, without fear of humiliation, learn to believe in themselves and in their ability to solve problems. Kids develop courage to face failure, to pick themselves up when they are down, to take risks, and to try out new possibilities.
Booya, dude! Cowabunga!
Yonnyjohn 2 years ago