Quite Simply, When We Deny Our Children

All Spiritual Life Begins With A Sense Of Wonder, And Nature Is A Window Into That Wonder.

Nature Is Often Overlooked As A Healing Balm For The Emotional Hardships In A Child's Life. You'll Likely Never See A Slick Commercial For Nature Therapy, As You Do For The Latest Antidepressant Pharmaceuticals. But Parents, Educators, And Health Workers Need To Know What A Useful Antidote To Emotional And Physical Stress Nature Can Be. Especially Now.

The Children And Nature Movement Is Fueled By This Fundamental Idea: The Child In Nature Is An Endangered Species, And The Health Of Children And The Health Of The Earth Are Inseparable.

In Medieval Times, If Someone Displayed The Symptoms We Now Identify As Boredom, That Person Was Thought To Be Committing Something Called Acedia, A 'dangerous Form Of Spiritual Alienation' -- A Devaluing Of The World And Its Creator.

Nature-deficit Disorder Describes The Human Costs Of Alienation From Nature, Among Them: Diminished Use Of The Senses, Attention Difficulties, And Higher Rates Of Physical And Emotional Illnesses. The Disorder Can Be Detected In Individuals, Families, And Communities.