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Let Kids Be Kids
|by Free Range Mama
“Free range” is generally a term we use when
we are looking for a healthier meat alternative, not discussing our upcoming summer
holidays. But when the broad definition
means "to roam freely instead of being contained" you have to allow me the rather unusual choice of terminology. Have you ever
watched a child walk through a forest? Run
her fingers through sand? Sit down on a soft,
furry carpet of moss? Throw rocks into a
pond? Build leaf boats and float them down a
creek? Or lie on her back in a grassy field and
make pictures out of the clouds? Have you
ever just sat back and observed the intensity
of imagination and the pure, unadulterated
absorption of children becoming one with
nature?
Studies indicate that children are spending
less time in nature, and are suffering more
from anxiety, depression and behavioural
problems than ever before. Richard Louv
coined the term "Nature Deficit Disorder" in
his book "Last Child In The Woods". Based
on his own studies, he cla