Quotes by : Richard Louv

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's....

There is a canyon within a reasonable distance of nearly every school in the city," [Elaine Brooks] pointed....

If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief....

A generation of children is not only being raised indoors, but is being confined to even smaller spaces.....

The logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of "true" nature--the certainty that it's....

The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.

Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.

If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter....

Countless communities have virtually outlawed unstructured outdoor nature play, often because of the....

Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over....