Serving Colorado and the Four Corners since 1996
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Serving Colorado and the Four Corners since 1996 Have you read a book today? |
| Last Child in the Woods By Richard Louv Reviewed
by Andy Nettel  In
this
influential work about the staggering divide between children and
the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the
lack
of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation—he calls it
nature-deficit—to
some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in
obesity,
attention disorders, and depression. Last Child
in the
Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of
research
indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy
childhood
development and for the physical and emotional health of children and
adults.
More than just raising analarm, Louv offers practical solutions and
simple
ways to heal the broken bond— and they are right in our own backyard.
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