Do today's kids have "nature-deficit disorder"? http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2005/06/02/Louv/index.html http://tinyurl.com/g7lk9 A new book argues that children desperately need to be able to play in the woods -- and that our culture's sterile rejection of nature is harming them in body...

Want healthier kids? Send them outside http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=212657 BY JASON KING Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Monday, July 31, 2006 Sean Taylor watched as 5-year-old son Payton played "snake tag" with other children at the Grant Woods Forest Preserve in Lake Villa.

Bush tucker kids http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1834100,00.html http://tinyurl.com/eg645 More and more parents are sending their children on survival holidays to experience the wilderness on their own. Are they irresponsible, or wise? Jackie Kemp reports Tuesday August 1, 2006

Lakeland frat takes Scouts under wings http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/ SHE0101/704180539/1973 http://tinyurl.com/2ooa4c Joint effort of fraternity, Cub Scouts may be a first By Janet Ortegon Sheboygan Press staff April 18, 2007

Putting the Skinned Knees Back Into Playtime http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/fashion/20retro.html By ALEX WILLIAMS Published: May 20, 2007 JOSEPH GALLO, 10, of Santa Cruz, Calif., is well armed in the battle against childhood boredom, with a bedroom arsenal that includes a computer hooked to...

'Veggie Patch' program: Kids scout for healthy food http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/ 20070522/MOMS02/705210301 http://tinyurl.com/2prvcy Parents of the Cub or Brownie Scouts who've come to a Wegmans store to earn their "Veggie Patch" have sometimes been amazed: Is...

Competitive Parenting 1-A http://fetchingjen.blogspot.com/2007/05/competitive-parenting-1.html http://tinyurl.com/2q3zwh By KATY GRIMES Sacramento Union Columnist Thursday, May 24, 2007 (online) Friday, May 18, 2007 (paper edition)

Hooking youth: Fishing is a pathway to nature for America's children http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jun/06/commentary-hooking-youth/ http://tinyurl.com/2pcycu Mamie Parker Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Waters, long-coursed downstream, press on me still.

How to hook the reluctant boy reader http://www.calendarlive.com/books/la-bk- hamilton10jun10,0,2317796.story http://tinyurl.com/3xjow4 Gags, gadgets and adventure -- sure fire recipes to make boys (and girls) read. By Denise Hamilton

are good for kids http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=10444 Sunday, July 30, 2006 The other night I was telling my son a story about my tree fort. I hadn't thought about the place in years. But every time I give my son P.J. a bath, I'm flooded with the memory of the place. The scent of

Let's hear it for the boys http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,,1797080,00.html http://tinyurl.com/r7g4v Is a new book of chap-like pursuits good clean fun, or does it hark back to a nostalgic, colonial past? Dave Hill Wednesday June 14, 2006

Boys will be boys http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2230571,00.html http://tinyurl.com/n3g5a DJ Taylor June 18, 2006 Why are fathers snapping up an old-fashioned book of boyhood lore? DJ Taylor looks at the gap in almost every father's life

The play's the thing http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/tim_gill/2006/06/the_plays_the_thing.html http://tinyurl.com/nd4f2 Tim Gill June 15, 2006 05:22 PM You know you've hit a tipping point when a safety organisation comes out in favour of risky children's playgrounds just as The Dangerous

Alex Rider: the proof that boys should be boys http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2269130,00.html http://tinyurl.com/m5dsl The Times July 15, 2006 As Stormbreaker, the first film about children's favourite junior spy, opens in cinemas, Amanda Craig talks to his creator,...

Why kids should branch out and build tree houses http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003066741_faull17.html http://tinyurl.com/o8vwa By Jan Faull Special to The Seattle Times Did you build a tree house when you were a kid?

Camping, hiking and fishing in the wild as a child breeds respect for environment in adults, study finds http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/wild.nature.play.ssl.html http://tinyurl.com/ljnj3 By Susan S. Lang March 13, 2006 If you want your children to grow up to actively care about the

TAKE A HIKE http://familyfun.go.com/family-travel/places/feature/famf0804hikes/famf0804hikes.html http://tinyurl.com/nfdbn by Alan Kesselheim Adventure has always been a priority for my wife, Marypat, and me. So when we decided to have children, we promised each other to do all we could to...

Nature-Deficit Disorder: Nature Helps Kids Keep Their Eyes On The Ball http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/10120/ By Todd Wilkinson, 7-24-06 When was the last time you heard local law enforcement officials blame violent behavior and drug use in our kids on teenagers spending too many...

Danger: boys having fun http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/13/boboy13.xml http://tinyurl.com/nom9b (Filed: 13/06/2006) A book of old-fashioned, adventurous pastimes for lads and dads has become a surprise bestseller. Christopher Middleton watched his 11-year-old son...

Green Sense: Care for nature by enjoying it with your kids http://www.townonline.com/reading/opinion/x1663151894 http://tinyurl.com/33aasg By Michele Mini/Columnist GateHouse News Service Fri Aug 10, 2007, 05:50 PM EDT We are surrounded by news about global warming and environmental