Children need space to learn and grow

In response to “No Child Left Outside” by Lenore Skenazy (Feb. 12 column): The school inspectors who inspected farm-based Moorestown Children's School in New Jersey must advise everyone to cut down trees that the children could come in contact with. Those trees would produce oxygen that the children might breathe. Those trees might filter carbon dioxide and other pollutants out of the air and leave a cleaner atmosphere.

They will probably contaminate the ground in the fall with dead leaves. Those leaves will decay and enrich the soil. In the summertime, those leaves will shade and cool the ground, keeping that healthy sunlight to tan or burn the skin off those children.

Above all, eliminate all pets. The children might become attached to them and learn how to respect, love and find comfort from a pet.

Don't let the children get dirty or muddy.

You don't want them

to build up an immunity to certain germs.

And by all means they must wear shoes at all times.

I really do not understand how all the children in this world have managed to live and grow to adulthood without having such inspectors inspecting this universe. Inspectors: Quit showing off your book learning and get real.

Virginia Powelka

Mechanicsville