While we all know kids love spending time outside, a lot of us as parents wonder if we should be keeping them as close as possible or letting them have a bit of fun in the yard.
No, you shouldn’t leave your kids unattended but you should be willing to give them a bit of freedom. A somewhat new study seems to suggest that kids overall need to spend time alone with nature so that they can understand or bond with it more properly.
The more alone they are with themselves taking in the things around them the better when it comes to this kind of thing. This study was published at the end of July in The Journal of Environmental Education and it’s worth looking over if you’re interested.
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