So who's bringing their kids to OE East? Anyone have past experience bringing 5-9 year old kids to the expo?
I've been struggling with whether to bring my three daughters, 5, 7 & 9 to OE East.*
Obviously, if I want my family to be with me when I go overlanding, I'd better to get them interested sooner than later. My wife is interested and will be taking some of the classes, but the girls really don't know what the expo is yet.
Have this vision of them meeting other kids, making friends, and learning from other kids. Their being exposed to all kinds of cool overlanding stuff, seeing interesting presentations, etc. and going to some of the classes. Not to mention camping, which they mostly love.
Then I flash to another vision - "Can we go home now?" endlessly whined by bored kids in unison. There's few other kids, mine are miserable, and we (and everyone around us) are sorry we dragged them along.
So far we've been leaning toward leaving them with family, but Jon's latest post mentioning Grace's Junior Overlander program has me interested and I'm wondering if I might regret leaving them at home.*
Anyone with experiences to share?
I've been struggling with whether to bring my three daughters, 5, 7 & 9 to OE East.*
Obviously, if I want my family to be with me when I go overlanding, I'd better to get them interested sooner than later. My wife is interested and will be taking some of the classes, but the girls really don't know what the expo is yet.
Have this vision of them meeting other kids, making friends, and learning from other kids. Their being exposed to all kinds of cool overlanding stuff, seeing interesting presentations, etc. and going to some of the classes. Not to mention camping, which they mostly love.
Then I flash to another vision - "Can we go home now?" endlessly whined by bored kids in unison. There's few other kids, mine are miserable, and we (and everyone around us) are sorry we dragged them along.
So far we've been leaning toward leaving them with family, but Jon's latest post mentioning Grace's Junior Overlander program has me interested and I'm wondering if I might regret leaving them at home.*
Anyone with experiences to share?