The Last child in the woods

When reading the last child in the woods it really got me thinking. Has our day-in-age surpassed being outside and enjoying the fresh air? The way I look at it and this section backs me up is yes, in fact we have. Kids are worried about what video game is out or what TV show is on they could care less if there is a big adventures waiting for them right on the other side of the door. The last child in the woods explains when the author was a little boy he would run around and build forts and climb orange trees. He could care less what Pokémon was out or what ninja was killing who. He was free and so was his mind. It really puts it in to perspective. More and more kids are becoming obese and being diagnosed with ADHD. And we wonder why? The answer to that is fairly simple kids don’t go outside. Children have energy in them that they need to burn off but if they are inside all day watching TV on the computer or on the game boy that energy is staying within them. They aren’t running around and expelling that energy which causes them to get ADHD. Obviously this is just my mind set but I think it can be backed up by the studies that the author has made. The children don’t go outside and they get diagnosed with a mental disease and become obese. If they would just go outside and see how much fun it could be maybe then they would realize electronics aren’t everything. Now I can’t be a hypocrite because I was one of those kids that sat inside and rather eat or watch TV than go outside and play. But now I am paying for it. I am over weight and have learning problems and getting tested for ADD. Now what does that tell you? My two sisters who did like to go outside and play and liked to play spots and adventure off are now in shape and with no learning disabilities. I defiantly think there is a lot of truth to what the author is saying in the last kid in the woods. But let me tell you now when I go outside I enjoy every minute. If it is just a walk around the neighborhood or going to get the mail. Those walks really help me out. Whenever I am stress I always take a walk around my neighborhood and once I get back inside it’s like I have started with a blank slate. Fresh and ready to go again! Kids need to be outside enjoying the weather getting their knees scratched up from falling out of tree, building forts. Plain in simple KIDS NEED TO BE KIDS not little electronical robots. I am afraid after our generation the outside world to kids will be a strange and unfamiliar place.