A Worrying Trend

If I was writing this in the 70's or 80's then I would probably be announcing that my den had been found, trashed,burned, or taken over by kids..but it is 2013 and it is safe...why? because whereas in my childhood/youth the river,trees,meadows,scrapyard,railway areas were frequented by little bands or tribes of kids...but today they are nowhere to be seen! Good for my nature place but not good for the kids...it is a worrying trend..a combination of parental paranoia and the mass use of playstations and x boxes has ensured a whole generation of youngsters are bound in cotton wool and know very little of the real and natural world. this does not bode well for them and their health, but also it is not a good sign for the care of the ecology of the planet in the years to come,how can they protect and nurture nature if they are oblivious to it? We need the wild brought into the schools...take them out to it, teach them of it..but education, alas seems pre-occupied with ensuring the continuity of the corporate empire, teaching the kids powerpoint presentations and how to be and act in business....yawn! if i was a kid i would have been bored to tears with it! so parents! wake up! let out your kids...conquer your own fears about lettin your kids run wild and let them be healthy. I remember in my 20's i went thru a phase of nightclubbing (i was so into dancing and trance techno) and after the club i started going with a few friends into the woods where we would carry on the party by having a fire and climbing trees. word spread around and soon 30 or 40 people would attend these bacchanalian gatherings...i remember going mad at some of them as they thought the idea of collecting firewood was to break branches off living trees.!!! I pointed out all the dead wood on the ground, and explained that l;ive wood not only destroys the trees but doesn't burn well anyway...EDUCATION! we need to re-connect the kids to the great outdoors and we need to teach them how to respect it! SOON!