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

Another British study discovered that average eight-year-olds were better able to identify characters from the Japanese card trading game Pokemon than native species in the community where they lived: Pikachu, Metapod, and Wigglytuff were names more familiar to them than otter, beetle, and oak tree.

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

I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance.

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

Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.

The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.