Kids are plugged into some sort of electronic medium 44 hours per week.

There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see.

In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a 'dangerous form of spiritual alienation' -- a devaluing of the world and its creator.

Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

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

As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural world. We can find immeasurable joy in the birth of a child, a great work of art, or falling in love.