Bockman Family hiking on a cool day

"Eight college degrees among the three of us, and we don't know how to set up a tent."

It should really be “Take a Child Outside Year” but a week is a good start. Ideally, children should be able to spend time outdoors in nature close to home and on their own. But as Richard Louv noted in his book “Last Child in the Woods,” that’s less and less likely to happen without some conscious effort.