Comprehensive and conversational, Hikes with Tykes combines hiking parents' experiences, step-by-step how-to's, and practical guidelines to help you plan the perfect day hike with your children. Topics include: finding the best trail for you and your children; choosing the right footwear, backpacks and other gear for kids; using navigational tools from maps and compasses to GPS so no one gets lost; keeping kids from misbehaving by engaging in dozens of activities; and treating trail injuries from blisters to broken bones. Packed with tips from parents who learned how to hike with kids by trial and error, this volume is the only user-friendly guidebook that covers all you need to know about day hiking with children.
Read more about day hiking with children in my Hikes with Tykes guidebooks.
