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Not wanting to start any arguments, Azalea, but if I follow your reasoning, I would never have gone on a canoe trip myself to begin with!

That was not my reasoning.  One is more likely to engage in an activity one is comfortable with.  Thta does not mean kids growing up in the outdoors will love it when they get older.  And it does not mean kids who had no exposure to the outdoors will hate it as adults.

But be it camping, ballet, art, reading, or whatever, exposing that activty to a child makes it more likely they will also have an interest later in life (provided they are not FORCED into the activity -- boy did I hate dance lessons!!!).