This is the main reason to take your kids hiking: to spend quality time with your children.

The trail marks a place where you can grow closer together, where unhindered by the distractions of mobile phone texts, emails and the next television program we can talk with one another, where you can revel together in discovery.

Hiking with young children can lead to a family tradition, experiences that later in life both parent and full-grown child will reminisce fondly about.

Read more about day hiking with children in my guidebook Hikes with Tykes.

By Rob Bignell

Author Rob Bignell is an avid hiker, long-time editor, and former infantry grunt. He's scaled summits almost two miles high, crossed America’s driest deserts, and walked beneath trees soaring 15 stories over his head. Now he shares his hiking experiences with you to ensure you and your family enjoy the perfect day hike through his various hiking guidebook series - "Best Sights to See," "Hittin' the Trail," "Headin' to the Cabin," and "Hikes with Tykes."

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