"Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact." — Richard Louv
"Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact."
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98 Quotes by Richard Louv
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The real cultural war is between the culture of narcissism and what might be called the culture of renewal.
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We do not raise our children alone.... Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which…
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In medieval times, if someone displayed the symptoms we now identify as boredom, that person was thought to be committing…
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What if a tree fell in the forest and no one knew it's biological name? Did it exist?
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Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to…
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Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our chidlren's health (and also, by the way,…
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Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In…
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Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you…
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The pleasure of being alive is brought into sharper focus when you need to pay attention to staying alive.
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The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is…
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One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if…
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An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical…
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