How to Raise a Wild Child

American children today spend 90 percent less time playing outdoors than their parents did. Exposure to nature can relieve stress, depression, and attention deficits. Distilling psychology, neuroscience, biology, and education, the author describes the long-term cognitive and emotional benefts of regaining a connection with nature, thus fostering a sense of place that can nurture emotional health and produce academic success.

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