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The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.
Richard Louv
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Richard Louv
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
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Nature introduces children to the idea—to the knowing—that they are not alone in this world, and that realities and dimensions exist alongside their own.
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Kids are plugged into some sort of electronic medium 44 hours per week.
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In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.
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This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning.
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Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.
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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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Nature is beautiful, but not always pretty.
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To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.
Richard Louv
By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.
Richard Louv
Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.
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We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.
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The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.
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The future will belong to the nature-smart.
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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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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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Another British study discovered that average eight-year-olds were better able to identify characters from the Japanese card trading game Pokemon than native species in the community where they lived: Pikachu, Metapod, and Wigglytuff were names more familiar to them than otter, beetle, and oak tree.
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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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Every child needs nature. Not just the ones with parents who appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or set of abilities. Every child.
Richard Louv
If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child?
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Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run they want to see where a stream of water takes them.
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