They Choose The Path They Take

Despite how we might advise or attempt to direct, our children will choose to follow their muse, skill set and desires.  We hope this includes good decision making but one never knows for sure.  Additionally as parents we have to allow them the opportunities, however unique or non conformist these opportunities may be.

Oliver, and Dexter before him have always excelled at free climbing, and recently O Zone has achieved being the top of his age group, at age 8, in the nation. His climbing coach continues to develop his skills while  having us sign off on new waiver forms.   Certainly we are concerned about their safety while continually questioned by others in our parenting responsibilities.  However the joy and freedom the boys feel when they climb is never dismissed and ultimately, if it gets them out of the house now and then, all the better.  They need to experience the world.  The solitude of the climb will always triumph the void of the flat screen.

You can see Oliver ascending the far right peak.

                                              This one "was a breeze".  Colorado, 2012.