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To ensure that the backpacking experience is a great one (for both young and old), here are a few tips and guidelines to keep in mind:

• When backpacking with young children, leave the teensy, ultralight, supposedly-for-two-people-but-only-if-they-are-on-their-honeymoon tent at home, and pack a nice roomy shelter.

• Don’t forget that children, much more than adults, need a few comforts of home. Bringing along that favorite blankie, stuffed animal, or bedtime storybook may be essential to everyone getting a good night’s sleep.

• Remember that young bodies are less tolerant of weather extremes than older ones. Precautions such as sun protection, drinking plenty of water, and bundling up for the cold, for example, are all much more important for children than adults.

• Recognize that your kids will get dirty—probably downright filthy, in fact. Live with it. Don’t bother to scrub them clean every time you see them. Getting dirty usually means they are having fun.

• If your kids are too young to recognize natural dangers (poison oak, steep drop-offs, anthills, and the like) then you will need to physically block these off or designate an adult to keep watch.