Being Close To Nature, In General, Helps

Another British Study Discovered That Average Eight-year-olds Were Better Able To Identify Characters From The Japanese Card Trading Game Pokemon Than Native Species In The Community Where They Lived: Pikachu, Metapod, And Wigglytuff Were Names More Familiar To Them Than Otter, Beetle, And Oak Tree.

We Have Such A Brief Opportunity To Pass On To Our Children Our Love For This Earth, And To Tell Our Stories. These Are The Moments When The World Is Made Whole. In My Children's Memories, The Adventures We've Had Together In Nature Will Always Exist.

The Centers For Disease Control (cdc) Reports That The Number Of Overweight Adult Americans Increased Over 60 Percent Between 1991 And 2000. According To Cdc Data, The U.s. Population Of Overweight Children Between Ages Two And Five Increased By Almost 36 Percent From 1989 To 1999.

If Getting Our Kids Out Into Nature Is A Search For Perfection, Or Is One More Chore, Then The Belief In Perfection And The Chore Defeats The Joy. It's A Good Thing To Learn More About Nature In Order To Share This Knowledge With Children; It's Even Better If The Adult And Child Learn About Nature Together. And It's A Lot More Fun.

The Times I Spent With My Children In Nature Are Among My Most Meaningful Memories-and I Hope Theirs.