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    Why we should speak up for natural places for our children to play
    Paul Humes
    • 6 min

    Why we should speak up for natural places for our children to play

    Sadness over the clearing of a wild nature play location. My daughter is in tears and I am stunned. Torn down are the tree limb shelters...
    Podcast Interview: Discussion of Fatherhood, Wild Nature Play, and Education
    Paul Humes
    • 2 min

    Podcast Interview: Discussion of Fatherhood, Wild Nature Play, and Education

    It was an honor to be on the Wake.Dad.Drink.Repeat podcast at the end of the year. We discussed topics most near and dear to my heart:...
    Micro-Neglects: It is not just about their screen time
    Paul Humes
    • 3 min

    Micro-Neglects: It is not just about their screen time

    Another text came through as I was trying to close out the day with my campers. I got up from the grass to attend to the message in need...
    Are we shortchanging our children's thirst for adventure?
    Paul Humes
    • 4 min

    Are we shortchanging our children's thirst for adventure?

    Wild places still call out to those who wish to offer appropriate risk-taking, independence, and challenge to your children.
    My pants have a hole in them and so should yours.
    Paul Humes
    • 2 min

    My pants have a hole in them and so should yours.

    I would much prefer to be known around the neighborhood for my enthusiasm of being a father than the style of clothing I wear.
    Why we should remember what our childhoods were like
    Paul Humes
    • 3 min

    Why we should remember what our childhoods were like

    An "out-until-dinner childhood" refers to a time when children roamed the areas near their home from the end of school.
    Curious about their Curiosity
    Paul Humes
    • 4 min

    Curious about their Curiosity

    Wild Nature Play provides the opportunity to explore through questioning and risk-taking in a safe environment where participants reveal the
    Wild Nature Play: A Mission, statement
    Paul Humes
    • 2 min

    Wild Nature Play: A Mission, statement

    In Wild Nature Play I examine modern assumptions about what youth need and the shift away from free outdoor play so integral to development

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