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Work detailsLast Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv (2005)
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No current Talk conversations about this book. I agree with the basic premise of this book, but it seems mostly a series of anecdotes. And then the whole, hunting is okay, at least it gets kids into nature. Um, no. ( ![]() comprehensive and thorough Okay, actually I read most of this book last year, but then it disappeared mysteriously -- until I finally discovered it behind the couch! It took a while to get back into the train of thought I'd left weeks (months?) ago, but I was very glad to finally finish it. This was a life-changing book in many ways. It was one of those perfect books just two steps ahead of the reader's brain -- I was more than ready to agree with nearly everything contained within. And that covers a lot of ground! From research suggesting that exposure to nature is essential to a child's development to how sprawl and lawsuit-paranoid land-use policies have restricted this access to groups working to bring exposure to nature into the schools and into neighborhoods to play quality in "traditional" playgrounds vs natural areas to the effect of teaching environmentalism with an exclusively global focus while neglecting local flora & fauna and a sense of connection to place... It's exhaustive! But never exhausting. Each chapter spawned new ideas and grew new connections in my brain. The author made a deliberate effort to focus on causes for hope and suggestions for action, which I well appreciated. I would recommend this book to anyone. Anyone with kids or who knows kids. Anyone interested in nature or the environment. Anyone interested in education. Anyone interested in changing the world and who dares to hope. every adult and child should read this superbly researched non-fiction piece of prosperity Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder no reviews | add a review
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