Raising Adventurous Children: The Outdoors versus the Indoors

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Episode 2974:

Steve Booher encourages families to rekindle their sense of wonder and connection by spending more time outdoors, emphasizing that nature not only nurtures creativity in children but also fosters mental well-being for all ages. His story celebrates unstructured play and shared adventures as powerful tools to restore joy and reduce stress in our tech-heavy, overstimulated lives.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/lions-tigers-kids-get-outside

Quotes to ponder:

"Kids need wild spaces, open air, and time to be a little feral and free."

"Nature doesn’t demand anything of them, it just welcomes them."

"Those moments, when we step outside the ordinary, have the power to connect and awaken something primal and beautiful in us all."

Episode references:

Children & Nature Network: https://www.childrenandnature.org

Last Child in the Woods: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Child-Woods-Children-Nature-Deficit/dp/156512605X

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