Outdoors, kids learn to tackle life’s problems

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Problem solving skills are learned early in life. Photo: Jen Rodgers
Child-led play in the outdoors helps young kids become good decision-makers and problem-solvers later in life. The day starts in the usual way, dragged from sleep by the calls of “Mama, Maaaa-ma!” Luka, my two-year-old son, is awake and demands that I am too. The moon shines through the curtains.  The kettle whistles and the […]

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