British Initiatives Use Nature to Improve Children’s Health
Daily Mail – June 27, 2009
By Sarah Stacey
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Emma Leyfield, nine, loves playing outside with her brother Ollie, seven, and also on her own. ‘It’s my own secret world. I make up stories and have adventures. I make flower soup and special mud pies.’ Getting ‘really muddy’ is among Emma’s top pleasures but, according to experts, many children in the West are increasingly alienated from the natural world, due to the lure of high-tech entertainment, and parents’ and schools’ fear of accidents, stranger danger – and dirty clothes. This couch-potato culture has led not only to epidemic obesity but also to mental health problems, says GP Dr William…
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