If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun.

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (ed. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013) - ISBN: 9781848877498