英国媒体13日报道,英国一对父母为防止两个女儿变成“沙发土豆”,对她们下达一年的电视禁令,作为补偿,又与女儿共同列出100项户外活动,且全程参与。一年下来,一家人感觉效果不错,已经着手制定来年的百项活动清单。
诺丁汉郡的蒂姆·米克和克丽·米克夫妇均为教师,育有两个女儿,大女儿埃米现年10岁,小女儿埃拉8岁。看到女儿闲时总是看电视或是玩电子游戏,夫妇俩决定,在一年里禁止女儿看电视,作为补偿,在征求她们意见后列出了100项户外活动的清单。为了鼓励女儿,户外活动米克夫妇样样参与。为鼓励更多人投身户外,他们把全家人的户外活动录成视频,并设立网站与大家分享。“我们希望能帮到其他父母,给孩子更多积极影响,”蒂姆说。
米克夫妇为女儿列出的百项户外挑战不仅考虑到娱乐,还兼顾锻炼胆识和培养生活、社交技能,内容包括浮潜、滑雪、漂流、攀岩、爬法国埃菲尔铁塔、参加音乐节、在城里露营、户外庆生、在野外生火和觅食、走扁带、岩洞探险、24小时不用电、在母亲节为妈妈做饭、在全校师生面前卖面包为慈善机构筹款、参加社区劳动等。每逢周末或假期,一家人就出发,挑战清单上的项目。
刚刚过去的周末,米克一家完成了100项户外活动,总共花费不到500英镑。蒂姆说,一年下来,他们全家感觉精神状态更为积极向上。“我们并没有绝对禁止她们看电视,不过现在她们基本不想看了。”
如今,这家人已经开始为来年的百项活动制定清单。蒂姆说:“现在,女儿们开始为活动内容出主意,她们决定要住在山里,我们打算哪天就去。”据新华社
附:百项活动清单:
1. Slacklining (walking on a rope between two trees)
2. Scooter Safari
3. Caving
4. Spend the night in a hammock
5. Canoe down a river
6. Adventure led by the girls
7. Sleep in a wood
8. Watch rutting deer
9. Learn survival skills
10. Sleep on a beach
11. Forage for a meal
12. Support a cause (Comic Relief)
13. Snorkelling
14. Go for a reptile ramble
15. Find a private beach
16. Climb the Eiffel Tower
17. Kayak Safari
18. Camp in a city
19. Swim in a natural pool
20. Sleep in a cahutte
21. Coasteering
22. Orienteering race
23. Outdoor birthday party
24. Walk on high ropes
25. Make a rope swing
26. Sleep in a Bivvy-Bag
27. See a henge from sunset to sunrise
28. Sleep in a family-size sleeping bag
29. Kayaking
30. Community work
31. Climb and abseil
32. Sailing
33. Walk a peninsula
34. See a puffin
35. Watch wild seals
36. Play conkers
37. Go off-road hiking
38. Sleep in a shelter
39. Climb an epic summit
40. Camper-vanning
41. Cook and eat in the wild
42. Wake and run
43. Bivvy by a river
44. Tag team cycle trail
45. Learn a constellation
46. Whittle (carve) while you walk
47. Sub-zero camping
48. Snow walking
49. Floodlit swan feed
50. Discover local history
51. Find a summit
52. Go without electricity for 24 hours
53. Weaseling (climbing between gaps in rocks)
54. Night-time descent
55. Eat nettle soup
56. Enter a race
57. Explore rock pools
58. Cook on a beach
59. Dam a stream
60. Explore a cave
61. Explore a wreck
62. Find a waterfall
63. Take on the elements
64. Body-boarding
65. Wild river swim
66. Mountain biking
67. Going to the toilet outside
68. Go behind a waterfall
69. Coastal walk
70. Music festival
71. Visit a landmark
72. Walk to a tidal island
73. Sleep in an eco-tent
74. Spot red squirrels
75. Climb a ‘matterhorn’
76. Walk down a river
77. Geocaching (GPRS treasure hunting)
78. Clean a beach
79. Scramble
80. Walk around a city
81. Orienteering
82. Night-time wood walk
83. Snow hiking
84. Cook with snow
85. Visit a suspension bridge
86. Three peaks in three day
87. Climb a winter summit
88. Ghyll scrambling (walking through gorges)
89. Make meal for mum on Mother’s Day
90. Play in snowdrifts
91. Backpacking
92. Tracking and mapping
93. Visit London
94. Build a bridge
95. Crabbing
96. Night walk in a forest
97. Off-peak camping
98. Skiing
99. Climb indoors
100.Tentsile (hammock-like tent)
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