HELP!!!! A BIG list of countryside activities for problem kids!?

Question

I need a list of countryside activities for problem teens, and how to motivate them to attend. For realy important interview.

I'll owe best answer big style

Thanks

Answer 1

If we are talking about males, riding horses is something most guys want to try at least once.  There are usually a few ranches that will have horses for hire and people to help. It's fun, and an activity that requires some focus.  They won't want to look like chickens most likely so will have a go and will find that dominating a horse, or the act of trying, can be a humbling experience.  The interaction with animals can be a positive life changing experience for some troubled young people and bring out a normally hidden nurturing side.

Anything that requires energy and muscle would be good, and if you can have trained experts helping,  rock-climbing would be something they would want to attempt.  Hiking could seem too tame to keep them occupied, but if you can have overnight trips, a hike to a mountain lake with camping and even fishing would be something they'd probably like to do.

Answer 2

Orienterring

Pony Trekking

Camping

Canoeing

Caveing

Did all this as a teen in the Wye valley.

Things I would have added, in the evenings when it got boring.

Personal Development

Confidence Talks

NLP

Money Management

Carreer Building ( not working on a building site, or at McDoanalds, I mean UNI/Open Uni how to get at least £20 an hour)

Drug Awareness

To motivate tell them they need no money whatsoever and dress down.

Answer 3

i foster prob teens, they love to grab a bin bag or equivalent and slide down the malvern hills - i motivate them by joining in.

depending on ur energy levels this could/or not be a good idea.

we have also made carts and tried them out to see whose works best.

the south cerney water park offers lots of water sports - if your close - if not maybe you are near a similar venue.

cycling has been popular, with the promise of stopping at a country pub for lunch.

in fact anything that involes energy i find is an enticement to join in.

im not sure if this is the kind of activity your looking for but i wish you well and hope this has helped.

talks walks and nature trails have not worked for my lot

Answer 4

A petting zoo, a working dairy farm or chicken farm, sledding, climbing up high snowbanks in a safe area. You don't say what type of climate you are in, so not easy to come up with much. Sometime mentoring is good; it gives them an eo boost to help, self esteem and makes thhe other child feel special too. Summertime is good for berry and fruit picking and then enjoying the sweet results. Discussing the activity before going, highlighting parts of it are good motivators, too.

Answer 5

Hawk Conservancy, Andover

Gower Peninsular, Wales

Witches' Museum Bourton on the Water

various cycleways. nature trails

narrow-guage railways

slate quarry museums

tin mines

Eden Project