Use All Of Your Senses.

Rather Than Accepting The Drifting Separation Of The Generations, We Might Begin To Define A More Complex And Interesting Set Of Life Stages And Parenting Passages, Each Emphasizing The Connections To The Generations Ahead And Behind. As I Grow Older, For Example, I Might First See My Role As A Parent In Need Of Older, Mentoring Parents, And Then Become A Mentoring Parent Myself. When I Become A Grandparent, I Might Expect To Seek Out Older Mentoring Grandparents, And Then Later Become A Mentoring Grandparent.

How Can Our Kids Really Understand The Moral Complexities Of Being Alive If They Are Not Allowed To Engage In Those Complexities Outdoors?

Each Of Us-adult Or Child-must Earn Nature's Gift By Knowing Nature Directly, However Difficult It May Be To Glean That Knowledge In An Urban Environment.

Mothers Tend To Be More Direct. Fathers Talk To Other Fathers About Their Kids More Metaphorically. It's A Different Way Of Communication.

Time Spent In Nature Is The Most Cost-effective And Powerful Way To Counteract The Burnout And Sort Of Depression That We Feel When We Sit In Front Of A Computer All Day.