We Do Not Raise Our Children Alone....

American Family Life Has Never Been Particularly Idyllic. In The Nineteenth Century, Nearly A Quarter Of All Children Experienced The Death Of One Of Their Parents.... Not Until The Sixties Did The Chief Cause Of Separation Of Parents Shift From Death To Divorce.

One Of My Students Told Me That Every Time She Learns The Name Of A Plant, She Feels As If She Is Meeting Someone New. Giving A Name To Something Is A Way Of Knowing It.

An Environment-based Education Movement--at All Levels Of Education--will Help Students Realize That School Isn't Supposed To Be A Polite Form Of Incarceration, But A Portal To The Wider World.

What Happens When All The Parts Of Childhood Are Soldered Down, When The Young No Longer Have The Time Or Space To Play In Their Family's Garden, Cycle Home In The Dark With The Stars And Moon Illuminating Their Route, Walk Down Through The Woods To The River, Lie On Their Backs On Hot July Days In The Long Grass, Or Watch Cockleburs, Lit By Morning Sun, Like Bumblees Quivering On Harp Wires? What Then?

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