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By: How to Rock the Yellow Trend – now & gen

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By: Sarah Poingt

Sarah Poingt — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:58:14 +0000

Hello,
I just read your article, I find it very interesting and true.
You have great values. You are a wonderful mother because you are trying to set the best example for your children so that they do not fall into it.
I’m 19 years old so I’m from the electronic generation and I like that because I feel connected and it’s kind of a drug … but I try to enjoy life as I can, going out for discover new landscapes and share memories with the people I love. I like to learn new things, I have never traveled anywhere yet but I hope I will have the opportunity.
Today, no one enjoys life and as you say children are on the screens, they will never know what is real life because they follow the example of their parents but it is not necessarily good.
You are an inspiring woman and you tell us that no one is perfect and you are right we all have our weaknesses.
Thank you for sharing your experience, I would like to live this adventure and cut me off the Internet.

Have a good day,

Sarah Poingt, French

By: Janice Parrott

Janice Parrott — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:21:44 +0000

This is a lovely piece. I started camping with my son when he was 10. We started hiking, which tunred into camping and we never looked back. Every trup is an adventure – some good, some not so much. We always have stories to tell. He’s 25 now, and we still go every year and it’s still an adventure. Thanks for sharing yours.

By: Liz Brown

Liz Brown — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:39:19 +0000

I so agree with all that you said and that the kids of today don’t know what its like to get out there with Mother Nature even if its only for a day. I is so engergizing and lets you think and clear your mind and just relate. I love the outdoors and hiking and feel so much better after a hike to my favorite water fall where i find a nice large rock and just sit there and listen to everything around me. You are raising your kids right in teaching them there’s more than eletronic devices even TV. When I was growing up I was outside more than I was inside. I roamed our farm and the woods and streams and loved every minute of it. Kudos to you for doing this for your kids and for yourself Liz

By: Ana Clara

Ana Clara — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:55:36 +0000

That is very sad, but is totally true. My cousin is seven our eigth years now, and he was that kid who loved play hide and seek, runnig and play soccer. And, when i was with he, i feel like i was a kid again. For a moment, a just let my cellphone on the table and just be a kid. So one day, someone gave him a phone and all that magic feeling i had just gone. He continuos play all this games but prefer the cellphone. And I fell sad because i remeber of my childhood when i played dolls, running, i used my imagination for criate my games.And i saw him, and i just feel he lost their childhood. And i know, he isn’t the unique. Has much more kids and teenagers in the same way. We don’t play anymore, we just stay in our cellphone and we forgot of living.
Ps: I’m sorry, English is not very good. I’m Brazilian

By: Missy

Missy — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:35:42 +0000

Love this! I have a sudden urge to turn off my phone and make mud pies! My mom always said mine were the best!

By: Priya

Priya — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 05:25:35 +0000

Much like you mentioned in the blog, I too have a love hate relationship with technology. I mostly shop online these days, for items ranging from furniture to food. It is only due to technology that I am able to continuously stay in touch with my childhood best friend who is many states away and have my mother teach me how to bake a cake on video chat. And most importantly, technology is the key reason I actually have the job I do. So yeah, technology is very important to me.

But then somewhere down the line I ended up measuring my self-worth on the basis of the likes on my Facebook pictures and traded my weekend picnics with Netflix binge watches. And honestly, to see that you and many others face the same problem does kind of make me feel a bit less guilty.

Recently I visited my nephews during their summer vacations, and saw them playing random games on their PlayStation and tablets the whole time. It surprised me quite a bit, cause I remember my vacations being every different. They were spend playing football [or soccer depending on where you stay] on the neighborhood playground and going for picnics in the city outskirts. But then those were my school days, and unfortunately now I tend to lead a largely sedentary lifestyle.

While I might just end up ordering pizza and binge watching some random show this weekend, there are very things that still gives me more joy than finding a waterfall after trekking for hours on a rocky trail.

I have actually been planning for trek in Ladakh for a year now. But then I keep on procrastinating because I am inherently a lazy soul. But after reading your blog some of my motivation did come back. So I might just end up going through with the plan sometime next year. Hopefully.

Anyway, one of the major points of this too many words of rambling was that I really love this blog post, and many more as well. Do keep writing more.

Also, if possible do write something on the domain of everyday style tips or so. I like how your style is a great blend of classy and cool.

So yeah, that’s it for now.

Lots of love <3

By: Angela Nevin

Angela Nevin — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:12:47 +0000

Hi Jen,
Thank you so much for the point of view and for raising your children with values and morals. As a child, my family camped for most of our vacations – just the basics, nothing more. I’m not sure if it was necessity or desire, but we learned to step outside our comfort zones – braiding rope to hang the food high in the trees away from bears, catching and cleaning the fish we caught, and laying on our backs in the dark in awe of the infinite unknown.

As a wife of 31 years, my husband and I have spent most of our significant celebrations in the woods, reconnecting with each other, relearning to play cribbage, and sharing the silence far from the world and its chaos.

We don’t have kids, but we teach our nieces and nephews the importance of connecting as humans – be it on the playground, the beach, or the dirt. For me, my refuge will always be in the woods.

Thank you again for raising your children to be good humans. After all, they will grow up to be the adults that will someday be in charge! We need more of this.

Angela Nevin

By: Priya

Priya — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:01:07 +0000

This has to be one of my favorite blog posts here. There are so many points I relate to in this article. I actually read this piece early in the morning today and it stuck a cord with me. But then I had to rush for office and couldn’t delve much on it. Now I am sitting at my workplace, staring at the computer screen for hours and hearing the pitter-patter of raindrops on the windowsill, while all I want to do is to rush outside and feel the cool droplets on my face. I have a special love for rains. But I cannot do that now as I am working and trying my hand at adulting. [Well I am 23, and have been trying and mostly failing to match up to my version of an ideal grownup for many years now]. But that’s not the point, sorry I just end up rambling a lot whenever I start to write or talk.
Much like you mentioned in the blog, I too have a love hate relationship with technology. I mostly shop online these days, for items ranging from furniture to food. It is only due to technology that I am able to continuously stay in touch with my childhood best friend who is many states away and have my mother teach me how to bake a cake on video chat. And most importantly, technology is the key reason I actually have the job I do. So yeah, technology is very important to me.
But then somewhere down the line I ended up measuring my self-worth on the basis of the likes on my Facebook pictures and traded my weekend picnics with Netflix binge watches. And honestly, to see that you and many others face the same problem does kind of make me feel a bit less guilty.
Recently I visited my nephews during their summer vacations, and saw them playing random games on their PlayStation and tablets the whole time. It surprised me quite a bit, cause I remember my vacations being every different. They were spend playing football [or soccer depending on where you stay] on the neighborhood playground and going for picnics in the city outskirts. But then those were my school days, and unfortunately now I tend to lead a largely sedentary lifestyle.
While I might just end up ordering pizza and binge watching some random show this weekend, there are very things that still gives me more joy than finding a waterfall after trekking for hours on a rocky trail.
I have actually been planning for trek in Ladakh for a year now. But then I keep on procrastinating because I am inherently a lazy soul. But after reading your blog some of my motivation did come back. So I might just end up going through with the plan sometime next year. Hopefully.
Anyway, one of the major points of this too many words of rambling was that I really love this blog post, and many more as well. Do keep writing more.
Also, if possible do write something on the domain of everyday style tips or so. I like how your style is a great blend of classy and cool.
So yeah, that’s it for now.
Lots of love. <3

By: Janice Parrott

Janice Parrott — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:55:56 +0000

Lovely story thank you for sharing your trip 🙂 I brought my son camping for the first time when he was 10 and we start hiking, which turned into camping. I had never done either before. My son is now 25 and we are still hiking and camping every year. It is always fun, we always learn something new, and it always an adventure 🙂