“We rush to teach our children how to code the future. But what about teaching them how to hold it?”
Are kids even kids anymore?
When I was growing up, evenings were a riot of scraped knees, mango-stained shirts, and mothers shouting us back home when the street lights flickered on. Today? Children return from school, plug into devices, and lose themselves to a world of likes, shares, and virtual validation.
It worries me. It should worry all of us.
Did you know?
- 1 in 3 teenagers today experience anxiety linked to social media validation.
- Cyberbullying has increased by 70% among children aged 10–16 in just the last 3 years.
- Crimes targeting young users on digital platforms have spiked alarmingly, with predators lurking where parents least expect.
And yet, platforms are proudly launching ‘teenage versions’—as if exposing innocence earlier is progress!
I recently watched a child from one of our FarmHome families plant his first tomato seed. Not for likes. Not for claps. Just for the sheer, honest wonder of watching life sprout from mud.
That spark in his eyes made me ask—why aren’t we offering more of this? Why do we wait for adulthood, burnout, and therapy before we rediscover grounding? Why not anchor them now?
At our FarmHomes, we believe childhood should be filled with:
- Dirt under the fingernails.
- Skinned knees from climbing trees.
- Growing a vegetable and proudly showing it off.
- Falling asleep to the sounds of real crickets, not virtual ones.
Trust me, nurturing hobbies like farming, gardening, or simply running barefoot under the sun is a far better destiny than drowning nights in disco lights or escaping into alcohol at the first sign of life’s challenges.
The truth is simple—when you ground a child in nature, you prepare them for every storm life can throw.
Let’s give them roots before we hand them wings.
FarmHome living isn’t only for you. It’s for who your children will become.
Let’s sow resilience. Let’s nurture real childhoods again.
