Another Angle on a Similar Story.

In bolstering any argument or rational, we first have to understand the root causes of the issue at hand.

When that issue is kids in nature – or rather the lack thereof – I’ve recently grown quite comfortable in my stance that the disconnect served up by mind-numbing technological advances and indoor comforts is to blame.

Enter a recent article published by the Economist, which posits a different dynamic as the source of the same issue.

“Like many things that go wrong in America, the drift away from nature is commonly blamed on television, video games and the internet. This is implausible. The number of park visitors rose steeply between the 1950s and the mid-1980s, even as the first two electronic lures spread. Rather more credible is the explanation that Americans are more fearful for their children and have become unwilling to leave them in the company of strange men, green-hatted or otherwise. But the biggest reason of all is competition.”

To hear more, you can read the rest of the article online. What do you think?