Nature

What would the results be like when you test children's accuracy in naming a set of picture cards showing common species of plant or wildlife? How does the result compare with another set of cards, each featuring a species of Pokémon character?

If you have kids aged eight and above, you should know the answer. If you don't - like those from a Cambridge research group - you might have to conduct a research to find out that children score far better at naming Pokémon species.

Let's face it: in many ways kids are now growing up in a digital world, but not in a forest. I'm not against the daily, here-and-now challenges of meeting Jigglypuff or Pikachu. That's not the point at all. Instead, we should remind our children the natural beauty at the same time. That's one of the reasons we pick Norway as our summer vacation's destination this year. We might not get the chance to meet the elk or lynx, but that is a magnet for great outdoors.