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Originally Posted by Fern
Contributing to this malaise, i think, is that children today are so disconnected from the natural world right outside their window. When i grew up, recreation meant playing catch, walking into town, riding our bikes around the block, all outdoor stuff. These days, kids would rather play video games or hang out at the mall. So it's not surprising they have little actual experience, let alone knowledge, about the plight of the environment today.
Sorry, i guess it sounds like i'm on a soapbox. Thx. for reading.
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My soapbox: kids are shlepped off to indoor schools instead of learning from the world, of course they are disconected. When you spend all day being fed information and forced to practice the 'sit down raise your hand, walk in straight lines ect.' rules at such an early age you have no excitement left for the world to learn from it! Not to mention the artificialness of PE and recess takes their precious small amounts of 'free time' and makes it hard to enjoy the natural fun of the world.
I love going for a walk with my two and listening to them talk/ask questions about EVERYTHING! I love noticing how interesting they find little bugs, or weeds, or manmade stuff like firehydrants. Everything in the world is worthy of inspection, and if I stuffed them in a room for 6 hours a day they would lose that time to 'dwaddle' and most likly lose that love of learning. And miss out on the wonderful opportunity to notice, missing fish or lack of geese now, instead of later when some fancy report comes and brings it to class.