-——These kids cannot find their way across town without a voice telling them when to turn. -——
Very true... My youngest son last girlfriend drove to school and back home. everyday by her navigation system....
You would think after a few days... Your brain would remember how to get there...
I asked her why.... She told me she was afraid of getting lost....
I kid you not....
A decade or so back when my kids were under ten, we used to go on long long walks from our house. I always used these opportunities to impress natural navigation upon them: sun, landmarks, slope of hills, streams we crossed and where they went, and of course the primary directions of the main roads, etc.
From about a mile out on the way home, I’d ask one of them to navigate us back home, just to challenge their minds.
God help us if the power goes out. People will starve while waiting to be saved by the govt, helpless as lambs.