Last Child in the grass

Can you tell I've been reading the book "Last Child in the Woods"? It's an eye-opening account of how children today are being deprived of contact with the natural world, due to lack of wild areas, parental fears, technology overload, etc. I was walking Boxer this evening and came across three girls who wanted to pet him. Later, I walked past a house in foreclosure, where the yard hasn't been mowed in quite a while, and the three girls were laying in the tall grass, "hiding" and giggling. It felt good to see kids enjoying this small piece of nature. Kids have a natural affinity for the wild places, wherever they may be found. Sometimes it's an unmowed yard.