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My oldest Daughter starting climbing trees just after she turned 2 with no prompting. And I encouraged her and supported her, now 12 she is the only girl in her class who can do 5 pull ups and this is despite now focusing on dance athletically. Tree climbing is deep part of human heritage the hand needs it for grip development, the arm needs it for muscular and connective tissue develop, the shoulder needs it for range of motion, strenght and motor controll the nervous system needs it for movement complexity. Here is one of our favorite games from when she was little, I would put one of her dolls in a tree so she can rescue it, we call it the fireman game. Next time your kid starts climbing something don't tell them to get down see how you can help them do it safely, because climbing just like crawling, walking and runny is key part of human movement development and that goes for adults too.