Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some who study what happens when children do not get outdoors have referred to this problem as nature deficit disorder.

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With warm weather finally here, it's time to experience the great outdoors from the safety of your own backyard. June 28 marks the Great American Backyard Campout—a great way to introduce your kids to ...

pt. I. The new relationship between children and nature. Gifts of nature -- The third frontier -- The criminalization of natural play -- pt. II. Why the young (and the rest of us) need nature.

I went to see a Broadway play earlier this week and met a wonderful retired school principal from Florida, Bonnie. She was the one called in to fix schools that were failing. She mentioned a term to ...

I was so determined to hit Jimmy Miller in the shins with my toboggan that I didn't notice the pond. Maybe I'd better explain. Winter is upon us. When the snow falls, there's only one place a kid ...

I was so determined to hit Jimmy Miller in the shins with my toboggan that I didn’t notice the pond. Maybe I’d better explain. Winter is upon us. When the snow falls, there’s only one place a kid ...

I was so determined to hit Jimmy Miller in the shins with my toboggan that I didn’t notice the pond. Tom Purcell is a syndicated columnist.