Another Movie Thread - Because We Love Them So

[kandrathe]

Perhaps. But I fear I've not made my point.

Imagine a world where children;

• Don't gather together to play in neighborhoods anymore. They schedule "play dates".
• Don't walk to school or even ride the bus to school. They get shuttled to and from school by parents on their way to work.
• Don't "play" sports anymore. They are a serious ticket to a scholarship, and the big leagues starting at age 5.
• Don't get discipline at school. They sign contracts where they promise to follow class rules, not bully each other, and do their school work.
• Don't get to play after school. Since Mom or Dad gets them from after-school care at 6pm, they eat dinner, and then spend 2 hours on homework, music practice, or sports practice before bed.
• Don't want to go outside anymore. Evidently nature is bad for children, from allergies, to bees, and sun burns. The kids pick up on parental angst, stay inside, and experience nature the way God intended, on the nature channel. 9 of 10 children don't play outside anymore.

Just to name a few of the bazillion things wrong with our society... We are raising a generation of kids whose social skills are developed in a classroom, texting, or through social media.

But... critical thinking? How? Everything they are taught is predigested pablum up to the college graduate level.

"Concerns over safety are understandable but if children can't get out and explore the natural world, we run the risk of raising a generation of cotton-wool kids, whose experiences are defined by websites and computer games." -- Naturalist Stephen Moss, author of the family outdoor guide The Bumper Book Of Nature. By the time I was 12, I had been to the emergency room three times from my horse alone.