We spent the day at the Spring Conference in Nashua NH. The keynote speaker was Jeff Johnson of Explorations Early Learning in Iowa. Jeff was right on target with his perspective that children are being robbed of their childhood by pressure to advance academically by bureaucrats who don't understand what children truly need. Combine this with the overuse of electronics at their fingertips, AND the push of the media for children to develop provocative, sassy attitudes, and you have a very unhealthy foundation for life. Children need to play and use their imaginations and run outside in the woods and fields for so many vital reasons. Another sad thing was to realize how many children do not have the opportunities to be in natural environments. They just don't have woods around them, or fields or ponds. We know how blessed we are, and this was a great reminder!
The good news is that many people are talking about ways to improve these situations. They are learning how to protect each child's need to have a healthy, creative childhood connected to nature. Making these changes will cause extremely positive results in their lives. We're so glad to be a part of the return to sanity and we have plenty to say about it, but it'll have to wait for another day.
The good news is that many people are talking about ways to improve these situations. They are learning how to protect each child's need to have a healthy, creative childhood connected to nature. Making these changes will cause extremely positive results in their lives. We're so glad to be a part of the return to sanity and we have plenty to say about it, but it'll have to wait for another day.
~* Grace
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