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" Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact. "
Richard Louv
Adult
Starved
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" Our kids are actually doing what we told them to do when they sit in front of that TV all day or in front of that computer game all day. The society is telling kids unconsciously that nature's in the past. It really doesn't count anymore, that the future is in electronics, and besides, the bogeyman is in the woods. "
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" It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries and other community agents to find nature that's accessible. "
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" A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.' "
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" Kids and adults pay a price for too much tech, and it's not wholesale. "
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" Other species help children develop empathy. "
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" Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day. "
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" I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance. "
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" These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find. "
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" We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal. "
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" Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying. "
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" Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes. "
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" When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way. "
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" How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors? "
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" There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start. "
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