Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder | Richard Louv

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder | Richard Louv | Every parent should read

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	Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder Richard Louv Algonquin Books, 2008 - 390 pages average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Last Child in the Woods

As humanity goes deeper and deeper into materialism and our children are displaying symptoms in their emotional, behavioral and physical health, this book brings us back to the understanding that children are not little adults and human beings are not machines. The importance of self-discovery is being undermined through our over intellectualization on one side and on the other side the over protectionism of little ones. This surpresses the development of the imagination and intuition, which is so needed if our society is to refocus on humanity instead of amassing material good and consumption!!

Thank you Professor Louv for your timely and VERY important book!!

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Every parent should read

This book is a must for every parent to read. As a retired preschool teacher, I can tell you that children must get connected to their outside world if we expect it to be cherished again. Children must, on the other hand get disconnected from screens to reactivate their senses, their aesthtics and their creativity and imaginations.

This wonderful book tells you how to start.

Reclaiming Childhood

I grew up in a very small and rural town. Growing up I was surrounded by nature and even though video games were popular neither my siblings nor myself nor any of our friends ever had to be forced to spend more time outside. We liked being outside. We enjoyed playing in the fields, woods, yards, and vacant lots that were around. Having become a secondary teacher and also having spent many summers working at a summer camp, I have noticed that many children and young people no longer have the same connection to nature that I had as a child. There are some who may ignore this shift in child development and reason that it's not significant and is simply an expected result of an increasingly technologically based society. But, as Richard Louv points out in LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS, such an attitude is severely misguided and ignores the disturbing consequences of what can happen if children aren't connected to nature. Though scientific in nature, the book is written for lay people. Therefore, the text is fairly easy to read and comprehend. Highly recommended for parents and people who work with children.

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Leave No Child Inside

This is a very important book for parents and those in the educational system to read and heed. This book has started a national conversation on what we can do to get our children outdoors and into nature.

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