Originally Posted by Laurel:
I A neighbor on our street has a huge tree but I have no idea what kind it is. We used to call it the 'humongous tree.' The point is that we were enjoying nature.
And the kids' connection to "the humongous tree" was probably a lot stronger than it might have been to "the oak tree," because by naming it, they had made it theirs. That deep connection to nature is far more what they need at this point than a lot of facts.