Less Young People Camping?
It has been a belief of mine for a long time that each generation has it “tougher” than the previous generations. My parents were what I consider to be “middle class.” Mom had her own beauty shop...
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I'm no expert in families but can agree with most of the comments in this thread. As a kid growing up with 10 siblings, my dad made the most of his two-job income by taking us tent camping and weekend hiking. We were all Boy and Girl Scouts and learned about trees, leaves, plants, animals and birds. We tried eating things that grow in the wild and to build a fire.
Today, there is a huge disconnect from nature. Granted, I am very connected to the internet but if there isn't wifi I'm not dead in the water. Social networking has a lot of good. It has allowed me to be in contact with my family in the U.S., thank goodness for Skype.
That said, social networking has created a false sense of living. We see many things on the internet about how people live but in reality it is a false sense of the word "living". The standards are set so high that people are now in debt up to their ears. Kids take more classes, sports program, additional classes that they no longer have contact with reality. Everyone thinks they're going to be a superstar. That's not reality and as a teacher I can say many children suffer from depression and anxiety because they cannot live up to the expectations put upon them by family and society.
Getting back to nature is key. That's what we are, and we will never change the fact that we are part of this great planet, and as animals, must learn to live among it, appreciate it, respect it and breath it.
Get those kids disconnected once in awhile. Show them how to build a fire, look for food (some think it only comes in a supermarket and milk comes from a carton) sleep under the stars. Not all the time and not without our great creature comforts, but with a sense of their being.
Just like us old farts, we need to learn about Iphones, hash tags, bill pay, etc. It works both ways.
Today, there is a huge disconnect from nature. Granted, I am very connected to the internet but if there isn't wifi I'm not dead in the water. Social networking has a lot of good. It has allowed me to be in contact with my family in the U.S., thank goodness for Skype.
That said, social networking has created a false sense of living. We see many things on the internet about how people live but in reality it is a false sense of the word "living". The standards are set so high that people are now in debt up to their ears. Kids take more classes, sports program, additional classes that they no longer have contact with reality. Everyone thinks they're going to be a superstar. That's not reality and as a teacher I can say many children suffer from depression and anxiety because they cannot live up to the expectations put upon them by family and society.
Getting back to nature is key. That's what we are, and we will never change the fact that we are part of this great planet, and as animals, must learn to live among it, appreciate it, respect it and breath it.
Get those kids disconnected once in awhile. Show them how to build a fire, look for food (some think it only comes in a supermarket and milk comes from a carton) sleep under the stars. Not all the time and not without our great creature comforts, but with a sense of their being.
Just like us old farts, we need to learn about Iphones, hash tags, bill pay, etc. It works both ways.
