{"product_id":"last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature-deficit-disorder-updated-expanded","title":"Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder (Updated, Expanded)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn his groundbreaking work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, journalist and child advocate Richard Louv directly links the absence of nature in the lives of today's wired generatoin to some of the most disturbing childhood trends: the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. This is the first book to bring together a body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional helath of children and adults. More than just raising an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions to heal the broken bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The simplest, most profound, and most helpful of any book I have read on the personal and historical situation of our children, and ourselves, as we move into the twenty-first century.\" -Thomas Berry, author of \"The Dream of the Earth\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 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. \n\u003cbr\u003e \"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 an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions and simple ways to heal the broken bond-- and they are right in our own backyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" The simplest, most profound, and most helpful of any book I have read on the personal and historical situation of our children, and ourselves, as we move into the twenty-first century.\" -Thomas Berry, author of \"The Dream of the Earth\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes A field guide to Last child in the woods (p. [345]-390).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcknowledgments xi \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction 1 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart I: The New Relationship Between Children and Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 1. Gifts of Nature . . . . 7 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Third Frontier . . . . . . 15 \n\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Criminalization of Natural Play . . . . . 27 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart II: Why the Young (and the Rest of Us) Need Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 4. Climbing the Tree of Health . .. 39 \n\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Life of the Senses: Nature vs. the Know-It-All State of Mind . . . . . 54 \n\u003cbr\u003e 6. The \"Eighth Intelligence\" . . . 70 \n\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Genius of Childhood: How Nature Nurtures Creativity . . .. 85 \n\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nature-Deficit Disorder and the Restorative Environment . . . 98 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Best of Intentions: Why Johnnie and Jeannie Don't Play Outside Anymore\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 9. Time and Fear .. . . 115 \n\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Bogeyman Syndrome Redux . . . . . 123 \n\u003cbr\u003e 11. Don't Know Much About Natural History: Education as a Barrier to Nature .. 132 \n\u003cbr\u003e 12. Where Will Future Stewards of Nature Come From? . . . 145 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Nature-Child Reunion\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 13. Bringing Nature Home . . . 161 \n\u003cbr\u003e 14. Scared Smart: Facing the Bogeyman . . . . 176 \n\u003cbr\u003e 15. Telling Turtle Tales: Using Nature as a Moral Teacher . 187 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Jungle Blackboard\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 16. Natural School Reform . . . 201 \n\u003cbr\u003e 17. Camp Revival . . . 223 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Wonder Land: Opening the Fourth Frontier\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Education of Judge Thatcher: Decriminalizing Natural Play . .. 233 \n\u003cbr\u003e 19. Cities Gone Wild . .. 239 \n\u003cbr\u003e 20. Where the Wild Things Will Be: A New Back-to-the-Land Movement . . . . 265 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart VII: To Be Amazed\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Spiritual Necessity of Nature for the Young . . . . . . 285 \n\u003cbr\u003e 22. Fire and Fermentation: Building a Movement . . . . 301 \n\u003cbr\u003e 23. While It Lasts . . . . 309 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Notes 311 \n\u003cbr\u003e Suggested Reading 321 \n\u003cbr\u003e Index 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[The] national movement to 'leave no child inside' . . . has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grass-roots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a 'green hour' in each day. . . . The increased activism has been partly inspired by a best-selling book, \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods, \u003c\/i\u003e and its author, Richard Louv.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods, \u003c\/i\u003e which describes a generation so plugged into electronic diversions that it has lost its connection to the natural world, is helping drive a movement quickly flourishing across the nation.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nation's Health\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book is an absolute must-read for parents.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An honest, well-researched and well-written book, . . . the first to give name to an undeniable problem.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the most thought-provoking, well-written books I've read in recent memory. It rivals Rachel Carson's \n\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Important and original. . . . As Louv so eloquently and urgently shows, our mothers were right when they told us, day after day, 'Go out and play.'\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eis the direct descendant and rightful legatee of Rachel Carson's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Wonder.\u003c\/i\u003e But this is not the only thing Richard Louv has in common with Rachel Carson. There is also this: in my opinion, \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eis the most important book published since \n\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring.\u003c\/i\u003e\" --Robert Michael Pyle, author of \n\u003ci\u003eSky Time in Gray's River\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A single sentence explains why Louv's book is so important: 'Our children, ' he writes, 'are the first generation to be raised without meaningful contact with the natural world.' This matters, and \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e makes it patently clear why and lays out a path back.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Ecologist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With this scholarly yet practical book, Louv offers solutions today for a healthier, greener tomorrow.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The simplest, most profound, and most helpful of any book I have read on the personal and historical situation of our children, and ourselves, as we move into the twenty-first century.\" --Thomas Berry, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Book That Launched an International Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eThe Anxious Generatio\u003c\/i\u003en will adore Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv's groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"An absolute must-read for parents.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"It rivals Rachel Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are,\" reports a fourth grader. But it's not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside. It's also their parents' fears of traffic, strangers, Lyme disease, and West Nile virus; their schools' emphasis on more and more homework; their structured schedules; and their lack of access to natural areas. Local governments, neighborhood associations, and even organizations devoted to the outdoors are placing legal and regulatory constraints on many wild spaces, sometimes making natural play a crime. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As children's connections to nature diminish and the social, psychological, and spiritual implications become apparent, new research shows that nature can offer powerful therapy for such maladies as depression, obesity, and attention deficit disorder. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that childhood experiences in nature stimulate creativity. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists who recognize the threat and offer solutions. Louv shows us an alternative future, one in which parents help their kids experience the natural world more deeply--and find the joy of family connectedness in the process. \n\u003cbr\u003e Included in this edition: \n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Field Guide with 100 Practical Actions We Can Take \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Discussion Points for Book Groups, Classrooms, and Communities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Additional Notes by the Author \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e New and Updated Research from the U.S. and Abroad \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLouv, Richard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRichard Louv\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and the author of ten books, including \n\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eVitamin N.\u003c\/i\u003e Translated into twenty languages, his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, families, and communities to nature. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children \u0026amp; Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement. Louv has written for the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Outside \u003c\/i\u003emagazine \n\u003ci\u003e, Orion Magazine, Parents, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other publications. He appears regularly on national radio and TV, and lectures throughout the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal. Prior recipients have included Rachel Carson, E. O. 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