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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN NATURE: An Interview with Karen Pittman
Karen J. Pittman is president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” that combines thought leadership on youth development, youth policy, cross-system/cross-sector partnerships and developmental youth practice with...
RENEWING A LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS THIS SPRING: Screen-Free Week 2019
When children have free time to themselves, how do we want them to spend it? We hope they’ll spend it looking down –not at screens– but digging in the dirt, gardening, collecting shells or stones, admiring flowers, watering plants. Maybe they’ll spend it looking up...
It’s Science: Viewing Zoo Animals Reduces Your Stress Levels
The results of a recent wellness study conducted by the Detroit Zoological Society and Michigan State University researchers found that viewing animals reduces stress levels. Study participants were separated into three groups and showed a video of either a plain white screen, Detroit traffic or animals at the Detroit Zoo. MSU scientists measured stress indicators, like heart rate, skin conductance, and facial reaction. The results showed that stress levels were lowest in the group who were shown animals.
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Lack of Outdoor Play Is Making Kids Unknowledgeable about the Food We Grow in Gardens
A new survey of 300 U.K children found that kids aged four to eight quizzed had trouble naming fruits, vegetables or herbs. The survey by Sudocrem found that only one in three children can name a single herb and more than half could not name five fruit or vegetables that grow in British gardens, apart from potatoes. Children surveyed could not name a single variety of apple.
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THE STATISTICS on CHILDREN & NATURE
THE STATISTICS on CHILDREN & NATURE
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