W_D is so right about the older teens! For the younger ones, teach them how to route-find, set up camp, "go" outdoors, LNT, etc., so they will have the necessary skills when they start going on their own. Then you won't have to worry, or at least won't transmit your worries to them.

As a parent of 4 (now with children of their own), I found that we parents never stop worrying, but we at least learn to pretend that we don't! laugh


Edited by OregonMouse (07/21/11 06:52 PM)
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view--E. Abbey