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Dr. Joel Gator Warsh
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This starts with us and our OWN fears. Do YOU feel comfortable and strong in your own body? In the world? Do you trust yourself as you navigate life & make decisions? Do you feel like you belong here and deserve to take up space? The way we view ourselves and our place in the world is heritable — but it’s not absolute. We have a choice to change it, & help our kids write a different story than the one we internalized growing up. An example that keeps popping up on here is going barefoot. The amount of comments or messages I get from people who are genuinely concerned about my boys being barefoot is unreal: -What if they step on a stick? -What if they step on a thorn? -What if they step on a rusty nail? The answer is, of course — that they’ll get hurt. Varying degrees of hurt, obviously — mostly small injuries that they’ll shake off in minutes. But it’s all quite survivable AND important. It’s important to get hurt and survive—over and over again. That’s how courage is built. That’s how we tamp down unnecessary fear, and build a relationship with our environment. It’s how we learn about our bodies, our minds, and our potential. It’s also how we connect with our world, and realize how much we BELONG in it. As a part of nature, not something separate that *must* hide and enclose its feet in rubber casings & stay close to the cement. No, we can do more than that. It’s time for us to learn that for ourselves & help our kids learn it, too. Do hard things. 🌲 Credit @leafandlearn @just_another_boy_mum ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #1000hoursoutside #adventurekids #charlottemasoneducation #childhoodunplugged #exploringnaturewithchildren #forestschool #getoutside #hiking #homeeducation #kidscrafts101 #kidsinnature #kidsoutdoors #makecreateplay #mindfulmama #naturekids #natureschool #optoutside #outdooreducation #outdoorkids #outdoorlearning #outdoorplay #preschoolactivities #runwildmychild #waldorf #wildandfreechildren #wildandfreekids #childhood #parenting #wildandfreekids #naturalliving