Green Daily

Recently, Thomas M. Kostigen, author of The Green Book, reported on E.O. Wilson, the famous biologist, saying that soccer moms are killing off bio-education. Really? Soccer moms? How so? Well, apparently, according to Wilson, they don't let their kids get out in nature enough. Wilson called it the "soccer mom syndrome." When told by a woman in the audience that she would "forgive him" for the remark, he said, "Don't. Think on it."

There is no doubt that many children could use more free time out in nature, but what's up with blaming it all on moms? Surely dads must hold some responsibility too. And the schools that are cutting out recess left and right? And video games? And television? And the fact that many companies don't give their employees enough vacation time?

For more information on "nature-deficit disorder," see here and here.