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Louv spent 10 years traveling around the USA reporting and speaking to parents and children, in both rural and urban areas, about their experiences in nature. He argues that sensationalist media coverage and paranoid parents have literally "scared children straight out of the woods and fields," while promoting a litigious culture of fear that favors "safe" regimented sports over imaginative play.


FURTHER READING

  • Louv, Richard. (2006) ''Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder'' (Paperback edition). Algonquin Books. 335pp.

  • Louv, Richard, ''Web of Life: Weaving the Values That Sustain Us''.



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