Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Book Review: Just the beginning
Summary: 4 Stars
I agree with another reviewer, who wrote that anyone buying this book already feels the pull to nature. And frankly just reading some of the other reviews helped solidify my own belief of how valuable nature time is for children.
And some attention to how communities and groups can re-establish the pathways to nature are good to bring out the activist in ourselves.
What those of us nature-cravers need most, though, are some how-to's. The section of the book "The Nature-Child Reunion" is fabulous for this, and continues in the theme that the contact with nature should be unstructured.
There is a long list of books at the back for further reading, fortunately cataloged in the Amazon citations list so I can click to check it out.
Book Review: Leave No Child Inside
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very important book for parents and those in the educational system to read and heed. This book has started a national conversation on what we can do to get our children outdoors and into nature.Book Review: Every parent should read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a must for every parent to read. As a retired preschool teacher, I can tell you that children must get connected to their outside world if we expect it to be cherished again. Children must, on the other hand get disconnected from screens to reactivate their senses, their aesthtics and their creativity and imaginations.
This wonderful book tells you how to start.
Book Review: Sappy with no depth
Summary: 2 Stars
The book came quickly and was in the same condition described. I have no problem with the seller. But the content of the book is lacking. I was expecting depth and real data to support their claims. Instead it was just a bunch of feel good mumbo jumbo. I totally believe children need to spend more time in nature, but this book did not convince me of that.Book Review: Last Child in the Woods
Summary: 5 Stars
As humanity goes deeper and deeper into materialism and our children are displaying symptoms in their emotional, behavioral and physical health, this book brings us back to the understanding that children are not little adults and human beings are not machines. The importance of self-discovery is being undermined through our over intellectualization on one side and on the other side the over protectionism of little ones. This surpresses the development of the imagination and intuition, which is so needed if our society is to refocus on humanity instead of amassing material good and consumption!!
Thank you Professor Louv for your timely and VERY important book!!