By Letting Our Children Lead Us To

When You're Sitting In Front Of A Screen, You're Not Using All Of Your Senses At The Same Time. Nowhere Than In Nature Do Kids Use Their Senses In Such A Stimulated Way.

From 1997 To 2003, There Was A Decline Of 50 Percent In The Proportion Of Children Nine To Twelve Who Spent Time In Such Outside Activities As Hiking, Walking, Fishing, Beach Play, And Gardening, According To A Study By Sandra Hofferth At The University Of Maryland.

If War Occurs, That Positive Adult Contact In Every Shape Is Needed More Than Ever. It Will Be A Matter Of Emotional Life And Death. There's Not A Handy One-minute Way Of Talking To Your Kid About War.

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.

A Natural Environment Is Far More Complex Than Any Playing Field.