Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder @ richardeward.com

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
from Algonquin Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Inspiring and enlightening
  From the first chapter, this book has had a tangible impact on my life. I grew up in a rural area but now live in NYC and had sensed, but did not fully realize how important being in nature is for my physical, spiritual and mental health. This book has re-opened my senses to the truth that I am a part of nature and even though I live in a city, I have the obligation to care for the nature around me. I also work with children and am newly inspired to incorporate nature into all aspects of education.
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• it works
  My wife and I played in the woods; we taught our kids to play in the woods; one is an environmental educator; one is an environmental biologist.

• Persuasive and impassioned, though with some evidentiary gaps
  Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods
  This book makes a convincing case that many of our children are suffering from a deficit of nature in their lives. He connects this nature deficit to a variety of modern plagues, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress, depression, anxiety disorders, and childhood obesity. The evidence tends to be more anecdotal than systematic or experimental, but the cumulation of such evidence becomes persuasive.
  He attributes this deficit to many... more info

• TEN Star Great book!!!!
  Cannot recommend this book enough whether you live in a city, suburb or rural area.
  Nature is all around you as the book says, and sadly to many children have no idea what trees are in their neighborhood, or what that flower called a dandelion is growing thru the crack in the sidewalk.
  If nothing else I hope the book will make parents/adults and children simply stop and look around and see what is growing or living around them. Would make a GREAT gift for any parent. So turn off the computer, tv... more info

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