“Turn it off and go outside.”
Many of us heard Mom and Dad say it, but fewer appreciate the wisdom in their words.
Environmental author and journalist Richard Louv gave voice to what parents had believed for generations: Kids need nature.
With his New York Times best-selling book, “Last Child in the Woods,” Louv inspired a national dialogue among parents and educators about the widespread decline in the time children spent outside, an epidemic Louv referred to as “Nature Deficit Disorder.” Full article
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