We encourage children to help their heavier parents move up into a tree. Instructors are of course always there to give instruction but words of encouragement from a child to a parent provide many positive benefits. Here are some questions that are frequently asked about recreational tree climbing. A child five years old and up will find tree climbing one of the most exciting things they can do. Children under five have too short of an attention span to understand how to work the knots in sequence.
Tree climbing is safer than riding a bike down the street.
Climbing is performed while suspended from a rope. As long as the rope is looped over a sturdy branch and the knots are tied correctly, it would be almost impossible to fall. They got an uneven hair trimming. Girls do just as well if not better than boys. A child learns that there are a certain number of steps to gain height.