Last Child in the Woods

"Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder" by Richard Louv. I came across this book while looking through the website for the Children and Nature Network. Louv is a chairman of the Children and Nature Network. This book is about the effect of nature, and the consequences of absence in children today. The book focuses on humanity's relationship to nature and how the world we currently live in may actually be causing some of our psychological difficulties because it separates us from nature, and over loads us with stimuli. Discussing the effect of nature therapy, green classrooms and a general increase of green surroundings in everyday life, the book centers up on how reconnecting with nature can improve our lives.

As a stark contrast to the medicinal treatments for ADHD this approach encourages something as simple as spending more time in nature to heal psychological difficulties. I have always enjoyed nature, and to think that it could actually be good for me makes me really happy. Although this source is not scholarly, its content is supported by scholarly resources. The author is not a scholar, but an author and journalist, and the book is not backed by any scholarly organization. From what I have read of the book, I have enjoyed it immensely and it makes me question other primarily psychostimulant treatments for psychological disorders. It makes sense that nature would have restorative qualities because this is our habitat, and to remove creatures from their natural habitats should have some sort of impact on them. I hope to use this book to stimulate my own thinking and challenge by own views regarding treatment.