This is the English preface of Wolf Children I wrote a few years back. It was a book that featured activities to help parents keep their kids outside. Let’s keep our kids wild!
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘈 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 “𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦” 𝘰𝘳 “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳,” 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵.
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴