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: Highly Reccomended!
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever wondered how modern life impacts our thoughts, our health or our values? "Last Child in the Woods" begins to examine how children, our future, have and are being impacted by growing up in a society of technology, cities, lawsuits and schedules.
I believe anyone would benefit from reading this book. Whether you agree fully with Louv's hypotheses or not, it is worth contemplating.
As a young adult I have already witnessed the truth of what Louv writes in my life and in the life of those around me.
Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 4 Stars
Richard Louv puts into words all the theories that my husband and I have come up with all through the parenting of our kids. And being the parents of 25, 23, and 20 year olds, I can say that they have benefitted greatly from being in the real world -- the natural world. And we can't get one of them to come indoors -- he's an environmental scientist and we're all proud of it. By the way - he got the second copy of this book and concurs!Book Review: This is good medicine
Summary: 4 Stars
I grew up in a semi-rural area in the 1970s and my friends and I rode bikes, built forts and dams, climbed trees and played outside all day long and far from home. The outside world was our entertainment. I was 12 before getting a video game (Atari 2600)and there were few TV stations to watch.
For some reason, I don't feel like my kids have the opportunity, or their parents permission, to do as I did. However, I still try to get our kids out and away from the Nick TV and video games and head off to hike in one of our several nearby forest preserves.
Parents need to "push" their kids out the door and leave them alone to explore in an unstructured way the natural world beyond their modern day cocoon. I recommend this book to any parent who wants to enrich their children's life in the easiest most affordable way; by opening the back door.
Book Review: expect to be more granola after this read
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an outstandingly researched book about the issues facing us as we increase our urbanization and decrease our access to natural spaces. It talks about the impacts on our children's development including the increase in ADHD and harm to creativity.
I gave it four stars instead of five, because this is a call to action book with no clear path for someone compelled by the book to immediately go about making a difference in the larger world as a whole.
It has already made a difference in our lives though. Last night, we dragged blankets and pillows outside as it turned dark to watch the stars and count the fireflies. The crickets sang our son to sleep and later I spent time on the internet looking up the National Wildlife Federation's backyard wildlife habitation.
Book Review: The Last Child in the Woods
Summary: 5 Stars
Richard Louv has done an outstanding job stimulating discussions about the health and well-being of our children and nature. The Last Child in the Woods has a lot of current research to support why educators, scientist, parents and the community should come together and work towards a healthier and greener world. Louv gives several ideas and success stories of how organizations and education can unite and improve academic success along with healthier life styles in our children. I can see using Louv's book to start discussions between educational and community leaders to find a balance between nature, technology and environmental-based education reform.
It is sad to see and read how today's children are so far out of touch with nature; and it is very disappointing to know there are generations of people who don't understand where the bare necessities of life come from and why we should protect our natural resources. Unfortunately this problem has been lost in the fast pace world of technology and has been building for several years.
I recommend this book to be read by educators, politicians, naturalist and parents. Everyone should step outside in their habitat and explore their own niche to see what they can do as a society to preserve nature and our future. One last note: remember to always let the child out of yourself and share it with the children of today.