Idaho is a great place to raise your kids and Boise it's self offers a lot more to our children.  They say you should walk the walk if your going to talk the talk.  Well, I have two children that I am raising here in Boise Idaho and I would recommend raising your kids here too. Here is why....

  Boise has so much to offer in outdoor activities for our children and with a little effort from the parents to get them out there, there is no good reason our kids should have to live on tv.  I recently wrote a post on sports and activities that you can do in or very close to Boise (my Boise sports/activity Blog), many if not all of these sports and activities can be a part of our kids lives here in Boise.  As I wrote at the end of that blog, if there is a sport you can most likely do it in Boise.  This is great for raising your kids, because no matter what sport they take a liking to, you can support them and help them achieve there goals with a lesser cost and less travel.

Now that we know there is lots of activities we can have our kids do here, what about feeding there brains? We have lots of good places here to take your kids and let there minds grow.  Here is a list of the learning places in and around Boise, many of these places your kids will also get to see through school field trips.

MK Nauture Center

Discovery Center of Idaho - One of the best places to grow our childerns minds

Zoo Boise

The Idaho Shakespear Festival - Watch Shakespear plays

Basque Museum & Cultural Center

Boise Art Museum

Eagle Museum

World Center for the Birds of Prey

Idaho Aviation Hall of Fame

Idaho Black History Museum

Idaho Botanical Garden

Idaho City Historical Museum

Idaho State Historical Museum

Idaho Museum of Mining & Geology - Free admission!

Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site -(good for getting your kids scared of jail!)  JK

Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame

Warhawk Air Museum

Now we have gotten kids outdoors and have fed there minds, but what about the schools?  Schools are very important in our childrens growth and I have to be honest, this is where Boise falls on its head.  My opinion and the national test results show that Boise schools are just below average.  This could be a good thing for our generation of kids because the pressure is on to get students test scores up or else (No Student Left Behind Act). While Boise has many older schools, these are being closed in favor of new buildings. As the valley expands, the number of kids per classroom is becoming better and is dropping the student to teacher ratio. Overall its not bad, but things could be better for the public schools here.  Go here if you would like to see reports on individual schools. If you are still concerned about public schools, there are many private and church schools around that are fairing much better on student test scores.

And crime, what about crime in Boise ID?  Crime is low here compared to the national avereage and the crime rate has been dropping over the past year.  Most of the crimes here are not of a serious and dangerous nature. I do not leave my house watching my back the whole way or avoid certian areas because there bad, Boise is safe, however I always lock my doors to protect against theft. Boise has won awards for being on the top safest places to live.  View Boise's Crime Stats

Boise, Idaho is a great place for our kids and if you would like to know more about Boise, visit http://www.findboisehomes4sale.com/boiserelocation.html and read all my blogs!