well your on the right path with keeping things fun.  I definitely don't have any kids but I know I would have gotten sick of it pretty quick if I wasn't having fun.  I would try talking to Andy the team coach.  he has a lot of good ideas.  or better yet enroll your kids on the youth teams.  andy is a great coach and knows a lot.  also it would give them a chance to get to climb with other kids there age.  good luck!

Hi Justin!  Thanks for coming on to say "Hi".  It would be great to hook up and climb with the kids.  Unfortunately my husband and I both work on weekends but we try to get out with the kids when we can.   We usually try to come in to the gym on Wed. evenings with the kids.  We'll keep an eye out for you and introduce the kids.

I suggested to Jayson that the gym try and organize some kid friendly 'family' events or climbing nights etc.  Or even just direct families to the website to hook up together.  So hopefully we can get more families connected!  

See you at the gym!

Weird.  At Planet Rock in Ann Arbor, they are in the process of setting up daycare at the gym... they are hiring a uh... daycare person (?) as well.

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Not really the original idea but I can see where I would have loved the idea when my kids were 8 months old!  

No, I really was just thinking of trying to hook up with other families who climb so the kids would have climbing 'buddies' their own age.  I know many of the kids are in the "kids club" thing at the gym but my kids really don't want to do that.  They're not into the "group" thing (mostly shy I think).  And I don't want to force it because I want them to enjoy the climbing, which they do right now.  But they always want their friends to come.  So I was hoping they'd make some friends at the gym that already climb!  

What I'm really hoping for is a group of folks who are interested in taking families to the local crag.  My husband and I can find friends to climb with, but most don't have kids and really don't want to climb with kids (it adds a whole different dimension if you know what I mean!   )  So having some way for families to hook up or figure out who else is out there (i.e. when they sign up for membership, direct them to the bulletin board that has a list of other families who are looking to hook up....   or something to that effect would be great.

Who knows?  We could be in the minority but it might be worth investigating a little?????

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Well, that's hard to say.  We have Wed. and Thur. off right now.  Which isn't conducive to kids' school schedules.  We could go on a Sat. morning with a little pre-planning to work a later shift.  We wouldn't be opposed to pulling the kids out of school if the right opportunity arises.  (It would just be a day long PE class, right?!)  

Also, we are pretty new to climbing and not lead qualified yet so we'd have to go somewhere where we could top rope something for them unless we're with someone who leads.  Hopefully by next climbing season we'll be a little more qualified!  We hope to take the lead class before then.

When do you guys usually go to the gym?  We are there on Wed. evenings with the kids (usually) or Thursday days when they're in school.  Is your daughter in 5th grade?

Doh!  I think you guys were both in the gym at the same time this morning?  Joe and Lisa were bouldering while Elaine was climbing on the other side of the gym.

No kidding!  We probably even said "hey" when we walked by each other!  There usually aren't a lot of folks climbing during the day, so we should be able to figure it out next time.