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13. Camping with Kids and Young Children
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Teach young children to stay within eyesight, and older children within earshot.
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Teach children to stay where they are if they discover they are lost. Instruct them to find a
nearby tree and stay next to it until they are found.
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Children over the age of four can also carry a simple survival kit, or at least a whistle
around their neck to call for help when lost. The standard distress signal is three blows to
indicate "I'm lost" or "I need help."
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Sort and pack each day of your children's clothes within individual small plastic grocery
bags in his/her suitcase. This way your child can grab a bag in the morning and have a full
set of clothes for the day, and at night he/she can stuff the dirty ones back in the bag thus
not mixing up the rest of the suitcase.
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Children get cold faster than adults. The key to comfortable camping is to dress them in
several layers, which can be taken off as they get warm and added on as they cool off.
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Provide each child with a flashlight. To prevent any arguments, make sure each one has
their own. Children love to play with the flashlights, and having one also will make them
more at ease after dark. Flashlights are also handy when making trips to the restroom, for
making shadow puppets on tent walls and for reading before bed.
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Bring along a game you like to play at home. Playing it outdoors in the light of a lantern or
flashlights will add to the fun.
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Teach your kids to treat the outdoors kindly. Make sure all waste is disposed of properly
when camping or hiking along the trails. Don't litter.
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Bring a playmate along. Two or more children will entertain themselves for longer periods
than will one child.
