“Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.” — Richard Louv

As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural world. We can find immeasurable joy in the birth of a child, a great work of art, or falling in love.

No other youth group like the Scouts has trained so many future leaders while at the same time being a nature organization with its outdoor focus.

How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?

We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.