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The Book every woods parent should own
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YES!!! much more,....it goes into politics, laws, education failures, special interest groups influence into KEEPING children uneducated, on and on....its fricking brilliant.
like i said im currently into 2 chapters only, buy every word i have read has hit home and got me going "yea, wht the heck, why , that aint right" etc etc etc etcd
amazon.ca is where i got it. 20 bucks (if that) and two days to my door.
My favorite part is the "nature-deficit dis-order" quote....
like i said im currently into 2 chapters only, buy every word i have read has hit home and got me going "yea, wht the heck, why , that aint right" etc etc etc etcd
amazon.ca is where i got it. 20 bucks (if that) and two days to my door.
My favorite part is the "nature-deficit dis-order" quote....
this is Richards website: http://richardlouv.com/
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Thanks for the tip, I'll have to look it up.
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I haven't read the book, but I just took a look at a few reviews, and it looks pretty good. The tips on his site (http://richardlouv.com/children-nature-resources) are certainly things that are worth supporting - and adopting, if you have kids.
The central thesis - that a disconnect from nature is detrimental to the health, welfare, and development of children - makes a great deal of sense.
Bushman5, I look forward to hearing more about it when you're finished!
All the best,
- Mike
The central thesis - that a disconnect from nature is detrimental to the health, welfare, and development of children - makes a great deal of sense.
Bushman5, I look forward to hearing more about it when you're finished!
All the best,
- Mike
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Well, out among the masses tomorrow for some shopping if the the wife feels up to it. Looks like I need to add Border's or Barnes & Noble to my list. This book sounds pretty interesting. All you really need to do is drive past a school or park on a Saturday morning & see how many ball fields are getting used. Or look at the decline of outdoor camping in the last several years. Just hope it's not too late for everyone . . .
Be safe.
Be safe.
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Thanks, sounds like a good read. I just reserved it online at the local library.
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Here's another good one to read with your kids before they go into the woods, my daughter learned a lot from me and this book.
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Reserved that one as well. Looks like I'll be doing some reading with my daughter during our Christmas vacation. Thanks T
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YOU CAN GET THAT BOOK HERE AND OTHERS HE WROTE FOR VERY LITTLE $$
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=RICHARD+LOUV
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=RICHARD+LOUV
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Good deal man, I just ordered it from there for $4.98 shipped! Thanks! :thumbup:
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The Louv book is good. Required reading actually. It's well researched and well written, and it points to a giant void in our current culture as well as the repercussions if we don't start to address what he calls "nature deficit disorder." Tell others about this book. I do.
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A FANTASTIC BOOK!
A suicide prevention worker and psychologist gave me her copy because I work with children. It is a fantastic read and very intriguing about how the development of children is very much based on how much they interact with the world around them.
"they've come to think of nature as more of an abstraction than a reality"
Check out this review quote from Amazon.com
"My "wake up call" came when my friend from the city brought her toddler to my home and the little girl cried in terror when her mother tried to get her to put her bare feet on the lawn, a lawn that was free of anything dangerous. We don't have a dog so there weren't even any "droppings" to worry about.
A baby who was scared to touch ground? Her mother admitted that her offspring had never felt grass because her mother feared it might be too full of "germs". I urged her to at least let her daughter smell a handful of freshly picked clover but she looked at me as though I were crazy.
I then told her of summers spent barefoot, of exploring creeks and finding crayfish and even some snakes, of coming across a newborn fawn in the woods, etc.
That's when I realized that there could be a whole generation of children losing touch with the natural world around them and I started paying attention to the kids and teens in our neighborhood. Sure enough, very few of them were climbing trees, exploring creeks, walking through the nearby woods. Very few of them built forts or learned the joy of wading in a cold stream or simply lying on the grass and looking up at the clouds, listening to the birds or trying to identify the different types of trees in the neighborhood. All of these things were common activities for me as a child (admittedly, during a time when tv channels were limited to 3 or 4 and there weren't video games or cellphones).
If there is ONE POINT this book makes, it is that parents need to make an effort to help their children discover nature. Whether it is because parents are too busy or too fearful to let their children discover nature or whether kids have too many electronic devices to distract them and which prevent them from automatically turning to the pleasures of the outside world, the result is that children spend more and more time indoors and less time being active.
Is it any wonder that there is an epidemic of childhood obesity? I'm not naive enough to suggest that spending time outside will cure obesity but I DO believe that it might encourage children to at least contemplate the idea of running through a grassy field, climbing a tree (carefully and respectfully) or simply chasing a butterfly through a meadow, trying to see where it goes.
Most of all, this book might help both parents and children realize that nature can be as mysterious, powerful and awesome as any video game or television show (I'd say even MORE so). If our children, our future generations, are going to learn to care about the environment and preserving the wonders that are out there, it is up to parents, teachers and other role models in their lives to foster that appreciation...and, hopefully, that passion...early on. "
A suicide prevention worker and psychologist gave me her copy because I work with children. It is a fantastic read and very intriguing about how the development of children is very much based on how much they interact with the world around them.
"they've come to think of nature as more of an abstraction than a reality"
Check out this review quote from Amazon.com
"My "wake up call" came when my friend from the city brought her toddler to my home and the little girl cried in terror when her mother tried to get her to put her bare feet on the lawn, a lawn that was free of anything dangerous. We don't have a dog so there weren't even any "droppings" to worry about.
A baby who was scared to touch ground? Her mother admitted that her offspring had never felt grass because her mother feared it might be too full of "germs". I urged her to at least let her daughter smell a handful of freshly picked clover but she looked at me as though I were crazy.
I then told her of summers spent barefoot, of exploring creeks and finding crayfish and even some snakes, of coming across a newborn fawn in the woods, etc.
That's when I realized that there could be a whole generation of children losing touch with the natural world around them and I started paying attention to the kids and teens in our neighborhood. Sure enough, very few of them were climbing trees, exploring creeks, walking through the nearby woods. Very few of them built forts or learned the joy of wading in a cold stream or simply lying on the grass and looking up at the clouds, listening to the birds or trying to identify the different types of trees in the neighborhood. All of these things were common activities for me as a child (admittedly, during a time when tv channels were limited to 3 or 4 and there weren't video games or cellphones).
If there is ONE POINT this book makes, it is that parents need to make an effort to help their children discover nature. Whether it is because parents are too busy or too fearful to let their children discover nature or whether kids have too many electronic devices to distract them and which prevent them from automatically turning to the pleasures of the outside world, the result is that children spend more and more time indoors and less time being active.
Is it any wonder that there is an epidemic of childhood obesity? I'm not naive enough to suggest that spending time outside will cure obesity but I DO believe that it might encourage children to at least contemplate the idea of running through a grassy field, climbing a tree (carefully and respectfully) or simply chasing a butterfly through a meadow, trying to see where it goes.
Most of all, this book might help both parents and children realize that nature can be as mysterious, powerful and awesome as any video game or television show (I'd say even MORE so). If our children, our future generations, are going to learn to care about the environment and preserving the wonders that are out there, it is up to parents, teachers and other role models in their lives to foster that appreciation...and, hopefully, that passion...early on. "
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Other recommended books by the way:
Nature Oriented activities : A leaders guide- Betty van der Smissen
I love dirt!- Jennifer Ward
Sharing Nature with Children, 20th Anniversary Edition- Joseph Cornell
Nature Oriented activities : A leaders guide- Betty van der Smissen
I love dirt!- Jennifer Ward
Sharing Nature with Children, 20th Anniversary Edition- Joseph Cornell
I've got a couple of grandsons that love getting out in the woods, I'm going to check these out. 10. 31.10, our next trip. It will be a short 3 mile hike in & then 3 days of camping. I figure this will give them an idea what backpacking will be,like, I'm going to make them carry there own clothes in there school backpacks.
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That looks like a great read. I've been talking with my wife often about how it's a tragedy that kids are spending so much time indoors and 'plugged in'. It seems to get worse every year and I fear that not much will change it. A coworker told me the other day that her son plays video games from the time he gets home from school until he goes to bed, breaking only for homework and food! Tragic.
As my son gets older, we'll be spending a good deal of time in the woods and having adventures like I had when I was a kid in the Catskill Mountains. We're starting him early:
As my son gets older, we'll be spending a good deal of time in the woods and having adventures like I had when I was a kid in the Catskill Mountains. We're starting him early: