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I've decided I don't like books that end with 'The End'. The fact that there are no more pages, suggests to me that the book has ended.

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The heart of childhood, from seven to eleven, is the critical period for bonding with the earth.

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If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it.

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What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

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If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.

Love, Inspirational, Children, True, Perhaps, Mind

Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action.

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You can’t bounce off the walls If there are no walls: outdoor schools make kids happier—and smarter

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