TY  - BOOK
AU  - Louv,Richard
TI  - Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder 
AV  - BF353.5.N37 L68 2008
U1  - 155.4/18 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chapel Hill, N.C.
PB  - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
KW  - Nature
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Children and the environment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-332) and index; pt. I. The new relationship between children and nature. Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- pt. II. Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature. Climbing the tree of health -- A life of the senses: nature vs. the know-it-all state of mind -- The "eighth intelligence" -- The genius of childhood: how nature nurtures creativity -- Nature-deficit disorder and the restorative environment -- pt. III. The best of intentions: why Johnnie And Jeannie don't play outside anymore. Time and fear -- The bogeyman syndrome redux -- Don't know much about natural history: education as a barrier to nature -- Where will future stewards of nature come from? -- pt. IV. The nature-child reunion. Bringing nature home -- Scared smart: facing the bogeyman -- Telling turtle tales: using nature as a moral teacher -- pt. V. The jungle blackboard. Natural school reform -- Camp revival -- pt. VI. Wonder land: opening the fourth frontier. The education of Judge Thatcher: decriminalizing natural play -- Cities gone wild -- Where the wild things will be: a new back-to-the-land movement -- pt. VII. To be amazed. The spiritual necessity of nature for the young -- Fire and fermentation: building a movement -- While it lasts
N2  - Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply
ER  -