Reply #25: You and me both.

[kwolf68]

yes, we are losing touch with nature, but that doesn't mean every kid is going to grow up to be a mind-numbed robot.

We went to the National Zoo last year and we were standing in front of the elephant house listening to the interpreter and my son (10 at the time) was answering questions asked by the other people and was offering all this information on the animal. I was shocked he knew so much about elephants, because his interest is reptiles and amphibians and my interest is felids/canids, and we rarely talked about elephants, but he knew so much about them.

All 3 of my kids will have a deep appreciation and understanding of nature. We play 'dinner games' all the time, most often focused on animals.

They have their video games too, but they also LOVE to be outside, LOVE going camping, love seeing animals in their natural habitat, going to the zoo (i always explain to them the zoo is not the optimal place for animals, but they can and do serve a positive purpose)...they are so inquisitive and Im sure other kids are too OR have the capacity to be such. We just need to get them inspired.