In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.

Nature has been taken over by thugs who care absolutely nothing about it. We need to take nature back.

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

Use all of your senses.

A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.

Here is the beginning of understanding: most parents are doing their best, and most children are doing their best, and they're doing pretty well, all things considered.

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.