Michelle Williams

That was my whole childhood. Every day was come back when you hear the dinner bell. And we were free to do whatever we wanted as long as we came home when we heard the dinner bell. And so it gave us so much time to meander and explore and go down these dirt roads and ride bikes and discover little things and find treasures and take them home and hide them and then...

take them out in the middle of the night when they thought that we were sleeping and, you know, just getting into good trouble. And I miss it so much for my own children. I'm constantly thinking about how to create these experiences. But as you know, it's difficult. It requires a lot of infrastructure and undertaking if you live in an urban environment to try and get them out.

take them out in the middle of the night when they thought that we were sleeping and, you know, just getting into good trouble. And I miss it so much for my own children. I'm constantly thinking about how to create these experiences. But as you know, it's difficult. It requires a lot of infrastructure and undertaking if you live in an urban environment to try and get them out.

take them out in the middle of the night when they thought that we were sleeping and, you know, just getting into good trouble. And I miss it so much for my own children. I'm constantly thinking about how to create these experiences. But as you know, it's difficult. It requires a lot of infrastructure and undertaking if you live in an urban environment to try and get them out.

So can I please come on?

So can I please come on?

So can I please come on?

There's room for a family of six.

There's room for a family of six.

There's room for a family of six.

You're starting acting. You have to start to storytell with the landscape too. What is that abandoned house? We shouldn't go in it. There's probably a witch. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. There's a witch that lives in that house. And then that becomes part of the play and part of the fantasy. But it just requires tremendous boredom, tremendous freedom, and a total lack of supervision.

You're starting acting. You have to start to storytell with the landscape too. What is that abandoned house? We shouldn't go in it. There's probably a witch. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. There's a witch that lives in that house. And then that becomes part of the play and part of the fantasy. But it just requires tremendous boredom, tremendous freedom, and a total lack of supervision.

You're starting acting. You have to start to storytell with the landscape too. What is that abandoned house? We shouldn't go in it. There's probably a witch. Yeah. Ooh, yeah. There's a witch that lives in that house. And then that becomes part of the play and part of the fantasy. But it just requires tremendous boredom, tremendous freedom, and a total lack of supervision.

And where are you going to get that these days?

And where are you going to get that these days?

And where are you going to get that these days?

So how do you do that here, aside from getting out of here?

So how do you do that here, aside from getting out of here?

So how do you do that here, aside from getting out of here?

The other thing that happens when you're in a natural environment is that you are learning so many lessons. You're in a receptive state, not a defensive state, because it's not your parent. It's not your teacher. It is... the thrill of your skin in the wind and the understanding that your survival depends on you and only you.