There is broad awareness of, interest in and scientific support for increasing children's exposure to nature. Many efforts are underway nation-wide to create a fundamental societal shift towards ...

Interviews with the teachers following the intervention also suggested that children were more calm, relaxed and attentive in class after time spent in nature. "We found that children with higher ...

Working to Inform a Capacity Assessment Tool for Children to Participate in Family Law Proceedings. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, Vol. 63, Issue. 1, p. 35. For developmental scientists, the nature ...

"Nature-based programs may offer targeted benefits for children with higher levels of mental health vulnerabilities and ...

The research comes on the heels of the publication of a UNICEF report pointing to the importance of green space for children’s development. The study published this week in JAMA Network Open, looked ...

T he income and education levels of a child's environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study published ...

A recent study led by researchers from McGill University and Université de Montréal highlights the remarkable impact of ...

That’s when Richard Louv, cofounder of Children and Nature Network, coined it in his book Last Child in the Woods. Although Louv never intended nature deficit disorder to be a true medical ...