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Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder / Richard Louv.

by Louv, Richard.

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.

155.418 L894L 2008

Nature -- Psychological aspects.

Children and the environment.

9781565126053 (pbk.)

Rev. and updated ed.

xii, 390 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-332) and index.

"Last child in the Woods is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research showing that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development--physical, emotional, and spiritual. What's more, nature is a potent therapy for depression, obesity, and ADD. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Even creativity is stimulated by childhood experiences in nature. Yet sending kids outside to play is increasingly difficult. Computers, television, and video games compete for their time, of course, but it's also our fears of traffic, strangers, even virus-carrying mosquitoes--fears the media exploit--that keep children indoors. Meanwhile, schools assign more and more homework, and there is less and less access to natural areas. Parents have the power to ensure that their daughter or son will not be the 'last child in the woods,' and this book is the first step toward that nature-child reunion."--From publisher.

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