The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the number of overweight adult Americans increased over 60 percent between 1991 and 2000. Accordin….

If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that c….

This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning..

When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in su….

What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?.

Being close to nature, in general, helps boost a child's attention span..

Nature is one of the best antidotes to fear..

I do not mean to imply that the good old days were perfect. But the institutions and structure--the web--of society needed reform,not demolition. To ….

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication..

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent..

The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized ….

Numerous studies document the benefits to students from school grounds that are ecologically diverse and include free play areas, habitats for wildli….

Nature is often overlooked as a healing balm for the emotional hardships in a child's life. You'll likely never see a slick commercial for nature the….

There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they do….

If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It….

The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs..

Research suggests that exposure to the natural world - including nearby nature in cities - helps improve human health, well-being, and intellectual c….

Nature has been taken over by thugs who care absolutely nothing about it. We need to take nature back..

Natural play strengthens children's self-confidence and arouses their senses-their awareness of the world and all that moves in it, seen and unseen..

Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save….

In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing something called acedia, a ….