Ma ke ʻano he makua o nā keiki liʻiliʻi ʻelua, ʻike wau ʻo ka hele ʻana i waho e hauʻoli nā keiki. ʻAʻohe mea ʻino a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i loko o ka hale, ʻike mau wau inā e lawe au iā lākou i waho e hauʻoli koke lākou. Pīhoihoi au i ka mana o ke ʻano a me ka ea hou e hiki ke hoʻololi i kaʻu mau keiki. I nehinei ua holo kaʻu mau keiki i ko lākou mau kaʻa ma ke ala ala, ʻohi i nā “pua” liʻiliʻi poni ma ka pā mauu o ka hoalauna, a pāʻani pū me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau mokulele Lākana ma ke kumu.
Ke heluhelu nei au i ka puke kaulana a Richard Louv, Ke keiki hope loa i loko o ka ululāʻau: hoʻopakele i kā mākou mau keiki mai ka pilikia kūlohelohe. Hoʻoikaika au i ka lawe pinepine ʻana i kaʻu mau keiki i waho e ʻae iā lākou e ʻimi a hauʻoli i ka honua kūlohelohe a puni lākou. ʻO nā kumulāʻau o ko mākou kaiaulu ka mea nui i ko lākou (a me koʻu) leʻaleʻa i waho a mahalo wau i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o ko mākou kūlanakauhale.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka manawa ma waho e kōkua ai i nā keiki liʻiliʻi e ulu, e nānā kēia ʻatikala mai Psychology Today. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā Richard Louv a i ʻole Keiki hope i ka nahelehele, kipa i ka punaewele o ka mea kākau.
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ʻO Kathleen Farren Ford ka Luna Hoʻokele Waiwai & Hoʻokele no Kaleponi ReLeaf.