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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
from Algonquin Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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One star off for... 
I loved this book, but...
The author advocates schools taking their kids to wild spaces. I've seen what happens. The kids run around in a loud, hyperactive mob, not paying attention to anything, and not really even catching more than fleeting glimpses of things because they have never been trained to be still and observe. The worst of the children destroy and maim while the overworked teachers and chaperones are busy elsewhere. The kids don't really learn anything even though they are ostensibly there... more info
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Microwave generation 
I teach high school, and I can tell you we have raised what we call a microwave generation: they want to push a button and it happens. They call their cell phone their "baby." When I attempted to tell them about a recent trip to Africa where I did volunteer work for animal anti-poaching in the wild, they were aghast I had no access to cell phones, myspace, or a computer. Few were interested in the slide show of my trip, prefering instead to gossip about teen angst and the latest rumours.
However, we... more info
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A MUST READ!
Parent or child, young or old, EVERYONE can benefit from this book (for parents, it should be a must read, though). We are a culture that has gone astray from nature, and are hurting as a result. The statistics are astonishing at first, but they are really not that hard to translate into our current state of emotional, physcological, and physical health. Effective at shining light on today's ills (ADD, Autism, Depression, Obesity, etc...), this book also expertly weaves in the solutions, showcasing... more info
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please don't let it happen!
moving urgent plea to give today's kids the healing and stimulating outdoorness we all grew up with--bought extra copies to give to others--a really important book for anyone who cares for a child or even someone like me who only worries about them in general--great thought and action provoking book which is also easy to read and full of action to help.
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