Teaching Kids the Skills to Find Themselves
This summer I was a guest on a local public radio program discussing Nature Deficit Disorder. Based on the number of calls and emails into the show, we were told afterwards it was one of their more successful programs. For many reasons, the topic appealed — and continues to appeal — with many.
One story, in particular, seemed to resonate with parents: It was the story of my two sons’ getting lost in 200 acres of woods on their grandparents expansive farm property. Clearly, that story could have had a terrible ending, but it didn’t. Instead, my boys used their brains and their senses to find their way back onto the property and into their mom’s worried and waiting arms.
