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by Richard Louv, 324 pages, $13.95, ISBN 1565125223, New York, NY, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005.

Tina Kelley, BA, Reviewer

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(7):718.

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Oh great. Another thing for us hypervigilant, overeducated parents to worry about. As if stranger danger and hot dogs cut horizontally instead of vertically and childhood obesity and the recommended daily allowance of Barney and whether the neighborhood sex offender is rated as level 1, 2, or 3 weren't all enough, now our children stand to suffer huge assaults to their very souls from nature-deficit disorder.

Really.

I’m glad Richard Louv, an author and columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, wrote this book about how children prefer instant messaging to playing outside; how parents, teachers, and policy makers perhaps unwittingly keep them indoors; and what kids lose in the process.

I hope everyone within earshot encourages their children to play in the woods, under safe-enough supervision of course, and that homeowner associations start allowing for play forts and tree houses, that liability laws relax a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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