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From Publishers Weekly Today's kids are increasingly disconnected from the natural world, says
child advocacy expert Louv (Childhood's Future; Fatherlove; etc.), even as research shows that
'thoughtful exposure of youngsters to nature can... be a powerful form of therapy for attentiondeficit
disorder and other maladies.' Instead of passing summer months hiking, swimming and
telling stories around the campfire, children these days are more likely to attend computer camps
or weight-loss camps: as a result, Louv says, they've come to think of nature as more of an
abstraction than a reality. Indeed, a 2002 British study reported that eight-year-olds could identify
Pokémon characters far more easily than they could name 'otter, beetle, and oak tree.'
Gathering thoughts from parents, teachers, researchers, environmentalists and other concerned
parties, Louv argues for a return to an awareness of and appreciation for the natural world. Not
only can nature teach kids science and nurture their creativity, he says, nature needs its children:
where else will its future stewards come from? Louv's book is a call to action, full of
warnings—but also full of ideas for change. Agent, James Levine. (May 20) Copyright © Reed
Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Scientific American
Unstructured outdoor play was standard for me as a hyperactive child growing up in the rural
Midwest. I fondly recall digging forts, climbing trees and catching frogs without concern for
kidnappers or West Nile virus. According to newspaper columnist and child advocate Richard
Louv, such carefree days are gone for Americaâ€s youth. Boys and girls now live a 'denatured
childhood,' Louv writes in Last Child in the Woods. He cites multiple causes for why children spend
less time outdoors and why they have less access to nature: our growing addiction to electronic
media, the relinquishment of green spaces to development, parents†exaggerated fears of
natural and human predators, and the threat of lawsuits and vandalism that has prompted
community officials to forbid access to their land. Drawing on personal experience and the
perspectives of urban planners, educators, naturalists and psychologists, Louv links childrenâ€s
alienation from nature to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress, depression and anxiety
disorders, not to mention childhood obesity. The connections seem tenuous at times, but it is hard
not to agree with him based on the acres of anecdotal evidence that he presents. According to
Louv, the replacement of open meadows, woods and wetlands by manicured lawns, golf courses
and housing developments has led children away from the natural world. What little time they
spend outside is on designer playgrounds or fenced yards and is structured, safe and isolating.
Such antiseptic spaces provide little opportunity for exploration, imagination or peaceful

contemplation. Louvâ€s idea is not new. Theodore Roo