Nature Has Become a Shallow Relationship

I loved playing outside as a kid.... and my kids did too. Their friends would comment on that every time they came over. "We like coming to your house, because we do fun things outside and in the woods. We never play outside at home.".... It's kind of sad to have boy out of tune with nature and dirt.

"Due to modern-day preoccupation with general busyness, indoor technology-based entertainment, and the taming of nature for our convenience, there is less and less common knowledge of the natural world. Nature is paved over and built on, and is finding its way farther and farther from our everyday lives. And where it remains, nature is becoming a distant place of postcards and vacations instead of being a comforting friend with whom to commune and interact. Nature has become a shallow relationship."
(Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate. John Kallas. Pg 27)