Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it. Richard Louv More Quotes by Richard Louv More Quotes From Richard Louv The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses. Richard Louv parenting woods nature We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past--the portrayals of family life on such television programs as "Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" and all the rest. Richard Louv family real father There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start. Richard Louv growing-up parent kids We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses. Richard Louv staring senses block Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate. Richard Louv nature weather children Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact. Richard Louv contact adults kids Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent. Richard Louv agents needs How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors? Richard Louv moral alive kids These days, unplugged places are getting hard to find. Richard Louv hard these-days Each of us-adult or child-must earn nature's gift by knowing nature directly, however difficult it may be to glean that knowledge in an urban environment. Richard Louv nature knowing children There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy. Richard Louv nature wonder joy All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder. Richard Louv nature spiritual wonder I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance. Richard Louv technology mean kids Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication. Richard Louv communication mother father If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war. Richard Louv emotional war kids When you're sitting in front of a screen, you're not using all of your senses at the same time. Nowhere than in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way. Richard Louv sitting use kids It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries and other community agents to find nature that's accessible. Richard Louv community kids school Kids and adults pay a price for too much tech, and it's not wholesale. Richard Louv adults pay kids A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature. Richard Louv giving-up people thinking In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chaparral, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness. Richard Louv curves nature needs
