Louv Introduces British Readers to Children and Nature Movement

Times of London – July 14, 2009
By Richard Louv

At dinner one evening, my younger son Matthew, then 10, said quite seriously: “Dad, how come it was more fun when you were a kid?” Like many parents, I do tend to romanticise my childhood — and children today do have plenty of fun, of a different sort. But my son was serious; he felt that he had missed out on something important. He was right. Many people of about my age, baby boomers or older, were inclined towards a kind of free, natural play. I knew my Missouri woods and fields; I knew every bend in the creek and…

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