Losing Nature With Age

It seems to me that in toady's society nature kind of gets lost with age. Think about it, as you are a toddler you have the attention span of the goldfish and everything is entertaining. You constantly craved to go outside to run in circles or pick dandelions and essentially just ruin the lawn. Bike riding, roller blades, going to the park all were great things to do. Think of how many outdoor little league sports there are, how many adult sports leagues do you see? As a young child the outdoors was where you wanted to be and spent most of your time essentially doing nothing but playing with your imagination, but as you age it seems like less fun. Now we are teenagers able to drive and use a computer. Instead of riding our bikes or walking to a friends house many people would rather drive the 1 block to their friends house because if they walked outside they would need to put on a jacket. Instead of going outside and playing ninja with your friends people now congregate indoors and watch movies and just talk. At the age of three your favorite new toy was the wiffleball set your parents got you for your birthday. Now you ask for an ipod, or new cell phone, or laptop. Technology takes over your life as you age. How many 60 year old men do you know asking for a new bicycle for their birhtday? Not many is the correct answer, but they may be hoping for a new car or a new TV. The point is nature is great and I am one who loves to spend time outdoors, but often times as people age they pick technology over nature.