We’ve already espoused the wonders ofletting your kids get outdoors and play.

“Especially if you are someone who maybe didn’t grow up in this environment.

So how you feel about letting your kid explore probably depends on the lens that you were raised with.

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If this sounds like you, here are a few ways you might get outside your comfort zone.

And, like with any new habit, start slow and build up from there.

And finally, their enthusiasm can be contagious for your kidmaking the activity more fun.

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It will just increase everyone’s anxiety.”

Perhaps this also takes the form of enrolling your kid in camp or an outdoor-focused group activity.

Be smart about risk-taking.

“There are such things as well-thought-out physical risks,” says Pressman.

Remember: Nature is good for you, too.