Camping

"My parents did not teach me which fork to use for my salad or how to properly fold bed sheets." This is the first line of a piece which is about the things the author's parents taught her. These things have to do with being outside and learning to survive and appreciate what nature has to offer. The author concludes that her "wonderful" childhood would not have been as wonderful had her parents not been themselves. She writes, "They didn't do it with teaching or with repetition, they did it simply by being who they are: loving and supportive parents." There is a lot about activities outside and in nature.