Natural Playgrounds May Decrease Bullying.

Green Exercise Improves Psychological Health.

Our Kids Are Actually Doing What We Told Them To Do When They Sit In Front Of That Tv All Day Or In Front Of That Computer Game All Day. The Society Is Telling Kids Unconsciously That Nature's In The Past. It Really Doesn't Count Anymore, That The Future Is In Electronics, And Besides, The Bogeyman Is In The Woods.

Another British Study Discovered That Average Eight-year-olds Were Better Able To Identify Characters From The Japanese Card Trading Game Pokemon Than Native Species In The Community Where They Lived: Pikachu, Metapod, And Wigglytuff Were Names More Familiar To Them Than Otter, Beetle, And Oak Tree.

If We Desire A Kinder Nation, Seeing It Through The Eyes Of Children Is An Eminently Sensible Endeavor: A City That Is Pro-child,for Example, Is Also A More Humane Place For Adults.

Nature Is Beautiful, But Not Always Pretty.