Healthy, strong family relationships are foundational to young people’s growth, learning, and well-being.
These relationships build strong social and emotional strengths that kids use throughout their lives.
But great family relationships don’t just happen..
Welcome to My Discovery Destination!
Discovery Family Adventures
where your family can find plenty of opportunities to
The Discovery Family Adventures provide ideas, activities, and experiences to help build strong family relationships.
Our goal is to strengthen family relationships to help kids be and become their best selves
and to support parents in raising happy, successful, resilient kids in an exciting,
but sometimes turbulent and dangerous world.
Core Adventures are still available via the website for use by anyone that wants them, but everyone is encouraged to use the Discovery Hunt (Goosechase) App for hundreds of adventures throughout the year.
Get links for downloading the App HERE.
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Choose from the Adventures listed below
(or design your own family adventure!)
📝 Have a family discussion about vaping 👨👩👧👦 Did you know that by high school, 1 in 4 students reported regularly using e-cigarettes. The "Catch My Breath" program is a fabulous resource for parents to use when discussing vaping/e-cigarettes with their kids. Parenting research tells us that talking with your kids WILL help make a difference in your child's decisions about e-cigarettes and tobacco products. Even if you don't think your child is at risk, chances are they WILL have an opportunity, or even be pressured, to try vaping, so be sure your kids have the facts about vaping! After reviewing the information at the link below choose what information you want to share with your children and use the material or videos at the link to start a discussion. 💡Here are just a few tips directly from the Parent Toolkit portion of the Catch My Breath Program. We really recommend following the LINK BELOW for even more! Start with the PARENT TOOLKIT. 🔸Before talking with your child, you want to learn all you can. Practice what you might say and how you will respond to questions. 🔸 Use natural opportunities to bring up tobacco & vaping, like seeing an e-cigarette advertisement or someone smoking. 🔸Many parents feel uncomfortable talking about substance abuse & addiction with their children. It’s true that some children resist ‘serious’ talks, but they’re still listening despite the eye-rolling. If a few minutes could save your child from forming an addiction or getting in trouble at school, isn’t it worth it? 🔸Some parents worry about talking to their kids about vaping because they vape themselves. In the CATCH My Breath trainings that happen in schools one of the most powerful things we hear are when kids share that a parent or someone they love vapes but has shared with them that they wish they had never started because they now are addicted and it's so, so hard to stop. Go ahead and share with your kids how hard it is to stop once you are addicted. 💯 Share an experience you had during this Adventure or something you learned https://catch.org/program/vaping-prevention/#parents 👶 "Vaping & smoking are everywhere—on social media, TV, movies, & at school— even elementary school! Children of any age need to know the truth about tobacco products and vaping. Younger children don’t need all the details, but they do need to know that tobacco products are dangerous, and you disapprove of children using them. Keep the conversation short and direct." 💡 🔸 Be aware of media your children are exposed to. Are people in videos the kids are watching vaping or smoking? How is it represented-- does it show people being happy and successful while vaping? These are unspoken messages to children, so try to avoid these types of representations for your kids, or at least have a conversation about it when they see it and share with them your feelings about vaping and the facts you know about how it impacts health. 🏘 Talk with other parents about what you have learned and explore ways you can work together as parents to help kids in your neighborhood Encourage your kids to share what they've learned from your talk with their friends. 💁♂️💁🏻♀️ This adventure is especially critical for teens! Be sure to follow up/repeat the conversation, rather than making it a "one time" conversation.
Family Adventure
Pre-K Adventure
Community Engagement Adventure
Teen Adventure
by Catch My Breath
NOTE: If the Adventures don't show up find them at DiscoveryFamilyAdventures.com
My Discovery Destination! Adventures
Sponsored by My Discovery Destination! and local businesses and organizations in your community
for the purpose of
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES and BUILDING CHARACTER.