Last Child in the Woods
Last Child in the woods made some really good points, but I think that instead of Louv repeating himself and making the same point again and again, he could maybe come up with a solution. His point about the tree houses and how for the most part they get torn down nowadays was good point, but you also need to take in to account that in his era it was easier to go out in the woods and build a tree fort. For my generation we have to be more creative and find was to get around the sprawl of society. He also is also saying how the era in which he and most of our parents grew up in was a better time. Which may be true but I grew up probably doing similar things as he was doing as a child. I believe that he has a valid point when he mentions that most children who grow up in an extremely urban community would rather be shut up in their damp dark decrepit rooms playing video games than actually be outside. Which unfortunately makes sense because our society thinks that to be the social norm. Louv really made me glad that I grew up experiencing the things I did and just the journey of being five minutes away from the wilderness at any given point and time. Which is an experience that very few are lucky enough to have that close knit relationship with the natural world. Nowadays everyone is afraid to be outside the average person doesn't stop in a rain shower to enjoy the simple pleasures of a gentile rain. He really got me thinking that its not necessarily the interaction with nature but the taking the time to stop and smell the roses and not rush through things. Its a quality not quantity thing and our corporate society is always rush rush pump things out as fast as possible.
