Comments on: Toad-Friends http://www.280main.com/2007/10/silly-worries/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marjorie http://www.280main.com/2007/10/silly-worries/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Marjorie Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:18:03 +0000 http://280main.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/silly-worries/#comment-92 I will definitely get this. Thank you so much for the suggestion. Something turns on in both the kids when they are in "real-nature"--something with a lot more spark to it than what I see in them when they're on the playground... I will definitely get this. Thank you so much for the suggestion. Something turns on in both the kids when they are in “real-nature”–something with a lot more spark to it than what I see in them when they’re on the playground…

]]> By: serahrose http://www.280main.com/2007/10/silly-worries/comment-page-1/#comment-91 serahrose Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:26:44 +0000 http://280main.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/silly-worries/#comment-91 good mama for letting Martin take the lead and set his own boundaries! he'll let you know when he can't handle it. have you read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Child-Woods-Children-Nature-Deficit/dp/1565125223/ref=sr_1_1/103-9172377-0289404?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191810228&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"> this book? </a> it's come to me highly rated, and although i haven't started it yet, i have a feeling it will touch on the fact that all children, when given the time to observe and be in nature (including the wild life) are actually more empathetic towards their world and the people and animals in it. good mama for letting Martin take the lead and set his own boundaries! he’ll let you know when he can’t handle it.

have you read
this book?

it’s come to me highly rated, and although i haven’t started it yet, i have a feeling it will touch on the fact that all children, when given the time to observe and be in nature (including the wild life) are actually more empathetic towards their world and the people and animals in it.

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