I’m trying to make my kids childhood more “normal” ,, like we had in the 60’s and 70’s ... on the 4th of July my neighbor caught a baby gator (about 3 foot) in the pond and we had him in the swimming pool for a while ... my 5 year old was a bit leery but my 3 year old LOVED holding it...
My son and his friends fish, race each other on dirt bikes, shoot skeet and target shoot (2 of his friends have their own ranges on their property w/adultsupervision)and play backyard baseball and football. They’ll do all these things in one day, breaking it up with jumps in the pool to cool off. And then camp out in the yard. We just have to check him for ticks.