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The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
Richard Louv
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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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American family life has never been particularly idyllic. In the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of all children experienced the death of one of their parents.... Not until the sixties did the chief cause of separation of parents shift from death to divorce.
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