Saving Kids from “Nature-Deficit Disorder”

richard-louv-lrgRichard Louv Says We’re Changing the Very Nature of Childhood

The majesty of creation has been the backdrop for humanity’s most enduring encounters with the divine. Moses met God on a mountaintop. John Wesley experienced his transformative warming of the heart after nearly losing his life at sea. But in his book, Last Child In the Woods, Louv says we technologically advanced citizens of the 21st century now live life indoors, and the consequences are killing us.

http://www.youthworker.com/youth-ministry-resources-ideas/youth-culture-news/11623992/

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