Frequently Asked Questions Answers
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Should I bring my spouse of child to
class?
Answer:
We encourage parents to bring their
children when the kids are both
interested and old enough to handle
a week-long class. Teenagers
typically do quite well with this,
but I the youngest we've had in a
regular class was 11 or 12, and
that's probably about as young as
could reasonably fit without unduly
distracting the parents and/or other
students. Although we do teach
certain special classes for young
school children and scouts,
including some overnight and
multiday classes, they are
structured and paced quite
differently.
It's often a really good thing when
couples can attend together because
it seems like they either help
push/encourage each other (and a bit
of healthy competition doesn't hurt,
either), or they divide and conquer
(one concentrates on, say, fire
making while the other focuses on
shelter, etc.). However, when
children are too young to attend, if
something like having grandparents
take the boys for the week isn't
possible, we've had a number of
families take the classes in a "tag
team" fashion. We usually run the
first week class at least a couple
of times each year, so one parent
came to an earlier session while the
other took care of the children, and
then they switched for the class
offered later that year or the next
year. ..
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