better social connections when a child is around a father who loves being outdoors the child is likely to be a lot more empathetic moreover it improves their resilience and helps them develop grit tenacity perseverance fairness integrity and responsibility it rewires the brain for learning helps build social intelligence and above all introduces respect for limits and boundaries thus activity is a matchless opportunity to connect with your children and teach them valuable life skills adds hingorrany in the digital age taking children outdoors and letting them learn from nature and their surroundings is not a choice but a necessity we recently took a trip with ria daughter to manali where we did a lot of river rafting river crossing and rock climbing she thoroughly enjoyed these activities a lot of children may have a fear of heights or water but once you encourage them to try something new they start to enjoy challenging themselves in the outside world and also unknowingly overcome their fears when ria looks at me as her active role model she is even more motivated to take part in these activities if i was someone who would laze around watching television at home she would do the same says yogesh dabhade executive at a germanbased solar power company that apart nature outings and adventure let children become aware of nature and its beauty from an early age says shah when the child is walking amid beautiful flora and fauna they value the beauty of nature a lot more nature lets children deal with their fears in a healthy way