Comments on: Producer's Notes: Nature Deficit Disorder http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/05/12/producers-notes-nature-defecit-disorder/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/05/12/producers-notes-nature-defecit-disorder/#comment-11383 Anonymous Sat, 17 May 2008 17:00:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/05/12/producers-notes-nature-defecit-disorder/#comment-11383 The video would seem to suggest that there are a number of parents groups that regularly meet in someone's house to because they're trying to find the time to be outside. Just out of curiosity, why not hold the meetings in the park? The video would seem to suggest that there are a number of parents groups that regularly meet in someone's house to because they're trying to find the time to be outside.

Just out of curiosity, why not hold the meetings in the park?

]]> By: Carol Robinson de Quirós http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/05/12/producers-notes-nature-defecit-disorder/#comment-11384 Carol Robinson de Quirós Thu, 15 May 2008 12:52:20 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/05/12/producers-notes-nature-defecit-disorder/#comment-11384 I am Gabriela's mother. Her father and I finally decided to allow our daughters to continue camping because we had been assured that safety would be guaranteed at the campsite. Although we never stopped worrying we realized that we would either have to let them continue camping or ban their scouting experiences altogether. The scouting opportunity was particularly important to us because our daughters out-of-doors freedom had been limited considerably during their younger years due to the typical parental fears of kidnapping and child molestation. They had never enjoyed that incredibly liberating independence, that wonderfully exciting and entertaining investigative immersion in nature and "the great outdoors" that we had experienced and loved as youngsters. Having my daughters give up their scouting weeks in "our" mountains would have been a very sad option. I am Gabriela's mother. Her father and I finally decided to allow our daughters to continue camping because we had been assured that safety would be guaranteed at the campsite. Although we never stopped worrying we realized that we would either have to let them continue camping or ban their scouting experiences altogether.

The scouting opportunity was particularly important to us because our daughters out-of-doors freedom had been limited considerably during their younger years due to the typical parental fears of kidnapping and child molestation. They had never enjoyed that incredibly liberating independence, that wonderfully exciting and entertaining investigative immersion in nature and "the great outdoors" that we had experienced and loved as youngsters.

Having my daughters give up their scouting weeks in "our" mountains would have been a very sad option.

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