https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:49:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574698 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:41:38 +0000 JenGirl 2574698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a kid, my grandfather started me on the apple tree in the backyard, where I could only climb around 6 feet. But then I quickly progressed to the maple, where I generally went to a Y that was about 20 feet up. Then to he sycamore where I'd climb 30+ feet. I know my grandma hated when i climbed the sycamore, but my grandpa overrode her. </p> <p>Right now my son's only 9 months, but I imagine we will allow him to climb trees and try to teach him to be safe (3 contact points at all times). But I'm sure I'll be nervous when it's actually happening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574672 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:30:19 +0000 Cole 2574672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am on board as long as she can show me that she can safely climb down, so I would request that she go up a little and then climb down so we could practice that before she went too high. I am a big believer in not helping her to get up there though so it helps limit what she might climb, usually if they can get up they can get down. If I had limited access to medical care though my answer might change, here a broken arm is a bummer but not catastrophic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574647 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:12:35 +0000 KT326 2574647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a nectarine tree that my four year old can climb up on. I'm usually standing nearby because the branch he goes to is over our cement patio. If that wasn't there, I wouldn't be as worried. </p> <p>I think it helps with coordination and learning what his own limits are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574645 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:11:10 +0000 Maysprout 2574645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For climbing right now they have to be able to get down by themselves too or it shouldn't be climbed. My oldest has always been a climber though so I do set limits on her depending on what it is she's climbing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574642 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:05:35 +0000 Freckles 2574642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a big deal. I climbed over fences, doorway frames and trees.</p> <p>You could easily fall off of a playground structure that is as high as a tree. So i'm okay with tree climbing, as long as it's not too high! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574557 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:00:01 +0000 alphagam84 2574557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I regularly climbed 20+ feet in the air on trees at our house growing up. I don't think my parents were worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574367 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:56:38 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2574367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't encountered it much yet. My LO likes to pretend to climb them but we don't have any she can actually climb. I dont think I'd mind too much. It's one of parenting areas that requires a bit of discomfort on my part. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574317 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:47:39 +0000 honeybear 2574317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm okay with it, but there aren't actually many trees that he can climb in our area. He wanted to climb one, so we looked for some and came up empty (in the public spaces--I draw the line at trees on private property!). Trees grow tall here, but the branches that could support a child are way up high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574279 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 03:20:46 +0000 kitty 2574279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will be letting DS climb trees. At 10mo he already loves climbing stairs and play equipment. We will teach him how to get down safely and break his falls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574268 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:41:52 +0000 808love 2574268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO really wants to climb trees. I think I'm ok. But truth be told, I would hover and fret the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574083 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:16:57 +0000 Mamaof2 2574083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: yes, exactly how I feel! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574049 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:49:53 +0000 Pancakes 2574049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I climbed them all the time as a kid. My brother fell out of one and broke his arm and needed surgery, but it healed fine. The kids at my LO's new preschool love climbing a tree out front, but I heard that last year they cut a tree down without warning because kids were climbing it and after the fact told the parents that that's why they did it :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2574018 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:27:57 +0000 Boogs 2574018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I climbed them as kids. Now as a parent is scares me because I'm always thinking worse case scenario. I need to stop being such a worrier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-stand-on-kids-climbing-trees#post-2573983 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:55:14 +0000 mrbee 2573983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids climbed a big tree that had fallen down on a nearby beach, and the whole time I was worried that they would fall. But my son is 6 1/2, and I'm sure lots of kids climb similar trees all over the world. I feel like I *should* just let him climb trees, but then I looked at how high up he was and it made me anxious. So I hung out under him, and was surreptitiously waiting to catch him if he fell. Obviously not a sustainable strategy for the rest of his life.</p> <p>After thinking about it for a while, I decided that I'm ok with him climbing up about 6 feet or so (basically, he can climb as high as his age in feet ha). Any more than that and I would worry that he might fall, and that a fall would be really harmful. I worry less when it's on a beach tho, and he's falling onto sands and not rocks.</p> <p>What do you think - where do you draw the line (or not) on kids climbing trees? </p>