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Parenting & connection with nature

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How to Protect Kids from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Richard Louv explains how parents, educators, and urban planners can help kids reconnect with nature—before it's too late.

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Jill Suttie
2016
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Sleep Hacks for Tired Parents | How to Cope with No Sleep | Emily Norris

In today’s video I am sharing with you Sleep Hacks for tired parents. These are Mom Hacks on how to cope with no sleep. I hope you enjoy these mum hacks—we’ve all been there and there is nothing quite like the sleep deprivation that you experience when you become a new mom/new mum.

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2018
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Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature

Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature has been hailed by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, as “good medicine for nature-deficit disorder.

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Jon Young, Evan McGown, Ellen Haas
2010
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How to Connect with Nature: Tips for Tuning into the Natural World

People who connect with nature are happier, and children who connect with nature are more prosocial and better-behaved. How can we help our families feel a greater sense of connectedness?

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Gwen Dewar
2020
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The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children

First published a half-century ago, Rachel Carson's award-winning The Sense of Wonder remains the classic guide to introducing children to the marvels of nature.

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Rachel Carson, Linda Lear
2024
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Kids Who Feel Connected with Nature Are Happier—and More Likely to Befriend, Help, and Share

Does your child feel connected with nature? Researchers can measure these feelings with a standard questionnaire, and they've discovered fascinating links. Nature-loving children are happier. They experience fewer behavior problems. And they are more likely to treat others with kindness.

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Gwen Sewar
2020
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

“I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports a fourth grader. But it’s not only computers, television, and video games that are keeping kids inside.

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Richard Louv
2008
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How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature

The average North American child now spends about seven hours a day staring at screens and mere minutes engaged in unstructured play outdoors. Yet recent research indicates that experiences in nature are essential for healthy growth.

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Scott D. Sampson
2016
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There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

Could the Scandinavian philosophy of “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” hold the key to happier, healthier lives for American children? When Swedish-born Linda Åkeson McGurk moved to Indiana, she quickly learned that the nature-centric parenting philosophies of her...

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Linda Åkeson McGurk
2017
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Nature Deficit Disorder | KQED Quest

A growing number of children’s advocates and political leaders are worried that our culture’s disconnection from nature is harming kids. Concerns about the long-term consequences on children’s physical and emotional well-being have spawned a national movement to “leave no child inside.

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2008
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