When do kids start to like going out?

My oldest one is like this too - and she is loving our isolation because she rarely has to go out. We have been fighting the past few weeks to get her to go for a walk around the block and I hate the constant struggle. But the even more annoying part is that once we do force her to go out she usually doesn’t want to come back in.

What helps us is setting the expectation ahead of time - so telling her that tomorrow we are going for a walk and to the grocery store (which she is thrilled to get out of doing these days) and she can pick something she likes to do at home or otherwise. Seems to help minimize the power struggle. For the grocery store we usually let her pick a treat which somehow does the trick and is worth the bribe.

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05/16/2020 21:33

Subject: Re:When do kids start to like going out?

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Anonymous

Both my kids love going outside. Even just our crappy backyard .. both kids love it.

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05/17/2020 14:29

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My kid is 2. I can’t stay inside for the life of me. Pre corona we were at every park, sing a long, story time, Gymboree ever. Now I realized I have created a monster (not really), but she always wants to be out. I don’t think this is always a personality thing, but maybe she will change as she gets older. She was just used to up, and coffee shop, supermarket, story time, yada yada and that is what she expects.