Press enter after choosing selection

Last Child in the Woods : : Saving our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Louv, Richard. Book - 2005 Parent Shelf 155.418 lo None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.1 out of 5

Cover image for Last child in the woods : : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder

Sign in to request

Location & Checkout Length Call Number Checkout Length Item Status
Downtown Kids Parent Shelf
4-week checkout
Parent Shelf 155.418 lo 4-week checkout Due 04-14-2024

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Booklist Review
Summary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Fiction Profile
Excerpt
Author Notes

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Important! submitted by Juliettie on July 20, 2011, 2:50pm This book got to me. When I was a child, I did spend a lot of time growing up outside...fishing for crayfish by flashlight at night, collecting nightcrawlers for fishing, swimming in the lakes, riding my bike all over creation. Now, I'd never dream of letting my sons do most of this. Fishing happens once per year on "free fishing day" and swimming happens in the chlorinated confines of the YMCA. I went to outdoor summer camp and used gang showers, cooked dinners over a campfire, etc. Their "camps" are computer camps, lego camps, soccer camps. I am thankful that his favorite camp experience is the Leslie Science Center and I plan to make our visits there more frequent. It's the daily connection with nature that's missing. Somehow we've taught our kids that just being in nature is boring or not achieving enough. One of the most valuable parts of this book is the last section listing 100 things we can do to help our kids get better connected with nature. One simple thing I plan to implement ASAP: reading OUTSIDE rather than in.

Cover image for Last child in the woods : : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder


PUBLISHED
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 323 p.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781565126053

SUBJECTS
Nature -- Psychological aspects.
Children and the environment.