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The Last Child in the Woods
How nature-deficit disorder is affecting children — and what outdoor adventure does for human development.
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Richard Louv
Coined 'nature-deficit disorder' in his 2005 Last Child in the Woods after interviewing hundreds of families about how childhood outdoor time had collapsed in a single generation. Co-founded the Children & Nature Network in 2007 in response.
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