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Look into a Modern Suburban Living Room, and you will likely see a tragedy in slow motion: a Child confined to a couch, staring passively at a Screen, shut away from the living world. It is highly unfair that modern life systematically denies children their inborn instincts to explore nature. We have traded the wild, expansive development of the human spirit for a sedentary, couch-potato existence.

In the Evenings at least. Think of all the Fun or Creative or Family Things we miss out on during those wasted hours (often) and all the times we have wished we had more time? We can more often have Precious Bonding Moments in the Evenings which can bring treasured memories.

I know exactly what our Children are Missing because I lived the alternative. For twelve beautiful, formative years, my world was a Country Beach Town. My child years were defined by a rich landscape of tall trees to climb, big slopy sandhills by a flowing river to venture, an endless shoreline to stroll along and splash in, and neighbouring paddocks that invited endless venture and exploration.…

PLEASE DON'T OVERPROTECT and SMOTHER THEM or LEAVE THEM TO TECH DEVICES TO BABYSIT THEM. TRULY, THESE THINGS DO THEM DISFAVOURS and YOU IN THE LONGRUN.
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Every Single Child is born with an Individual Blueprint—a Unique set of giftings, talents, and inner wisdom waiting to be uncovered. However, these gifts cannot be discovered on a loungeroom couch watching TV, or can they be unlocked by an iPad app. A screen does all the thinking for a Child, programming their impressionable young minds and forcing a passive compliance. When children are shut up in Modern Housing (high-density housing and concrete suburbs we find ourselves in these days) it stunts their ability to think for themselves, trapping them in an intellectual and spiritual poverty - if they don't have access to Outdoors. They need Fresh-Air and Sunshine. They need to See Nature and have some around them.

Nature is the ultimate incubator for a child's true potential. When a Child is placed in an unstructured natural environment, their imagination instantly awakens. A simple stick becomes a tool; a pile of river rocks becomes a castle; a fallen tree branch becomes a challenge to overcome.…

For those of us who grew up with the horizon as our playground, looking at a modern suburban block can feel disheartening. It seems almost impossible to replicate the magic of a country upbringing when you are surrounded by high-density housing and concrete roads. But a child’s inborn instinct to explore does not require miles of wilderness to wake up; it simply requires us to stop over-sanitising and over-managing their environment. You do not need an acreage to rescue your child from a sedentary lifestyle. With a few deliberate choices, you can bring the raw, healing elements of country living right into your suburban backyard.

│   THE BACKYARD REWILD PLAN   │

│     THE LOOSE-PARTS PIT      │                │    THE BALCONY MUD STATION   │

│ Large stones, pinecones,     │                │ Real topsoil, old spoons,    │

│ bark, and smooth logs.       │                │ and water in a sturdy tub.   │

│ Sparks deep imagination and  │                │ Introduces "good germs" to   │

│ independent rule-making.     │                │ build robust raw Immunity.   │

The first step is to ditch the obsession with a manicured, pristine lawn and embrace what experts call "Loose-Parts Play".…