Planting Seeds For The Future
Do you ever wonder why when we get older, we can lose our sense of awe and wonder of the natural world around us? Is there a way we can keep that excitement alive in the next generation? I think part of the answer lies with our own actions as parents.
I have found through experience of being a parent with young kids and from my own childhood that kids are like sponges. That “soak up” everything they experience around them. You can see this in the way they emulate what they have heard or seen. This is a very fast way of learning, by learning from others. And with that said, the next generation will either learn to love being outside with nature or not partly by the environment we provide for them. The more often we can get them outside playing in the dirt, participating with a vegetable garden, helping plant a tree, etc., might make them more likely to enjoy doing activities outside as an adult.
Having a love for nature and our environment around us is engrained in us as human beings. Yet, that love can be lost when we get older due to our busy lives and our unwillingness to slow down and “smell the roses”. Let’s keep that awe and inspiration of all things living with our next generation so that they can be good stewards of the earth that has been entrusted to us.
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