Nature is beautiful, but not always pretty.

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

We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.

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

How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?

A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.

Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. The disorder can be detected in individuals, families, and communities.