Losing touch with nature?

Young boys play on a tree on Hampstead Heath, London. Four out of five children in the UK are not adequately 'connected to nature', survey finds. Photograph: Gregory Wrona /Alamy

The image and description above are linked from The Guardian. What is your personal relationship with nature? What do you think young children might gain by just playing around in the forest with their friends?

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/16/uk-children-not-connected-nature-rspb