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Outside_Classroom_38 t1_irrpbqz wrote

Reply to comment by Uncynical_Diogenes in Positive childhood experiences of blue spaces and adult well-being. Individuals who recalled more childhood blue space experiences tended to place greater intrinsic value on natural settings, visiting them as adults – which increases better mental wellbeing by Wagamaga

I don’t understand your comment. I was dirt poor, like the heat turned off regularly. I spent all my time in the river. I collected craw dads so we’d have would have a protein to eat at dinner. I’m pretty sure that would contribute to the happiness of my childhood

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Uncynical_Diogenes t1_irrswdp wrote

Your experience is the different between the words “anecdote” and “data”.

One person is a story. Lots of people is data.

Far more poor people exist not on rivers forming idyllic childhood memories than do.

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owleealeckza t1_irrs17c wrote

Your experience is not the typical experience of poor children, imagine that.

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PaulaLoomisArt t1_irstifz wrote

Are there more poor city kids than poor rural kids? Because as another poor kid who grew up playing in a river, that’s pretty common in rural areas in the United States at least. “Blue spaces” can provide free entertainment, free relief from hot summers, and in some cases, a source of free food as well. My siblings and I spent countless hours around the water and all the neighbor kids did too. These weren’t vacations to a beach somewhere with our parents, just a handful of children playing unsupervised on a muddy river bank.

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uselessfoster t1_irtomll wrote

Yeah I do think this is a good point. Rural poor and urban poor are lumped together all the time, but there are some big differences in access to different resources for the groups.

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PaulaLoomisArt t1_irsuyyo wrote

I imagine they’re thinking primarily of poor kids in more urban areas, where access to the water is often a luxury. My experience is like yours though, I was a poor rural kid who spent plenty of summers mucking about in the nearest river. I think our experiences are probably similar to that of many other poor children living in the country. The study isn’t viewable for me so I’m not sure how (or if) it accounts for this rural/urban distinction.

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