Richard Louv Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.

  Richard Louv

  Names, Knowing, Giving

  Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.40, Atlantic Books Ltd

• A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.

  Richard Louv

  Giving Up, Thinking, People

• Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.

  Richard Louv

  Children, Rocks, Fishing

  "Saving Kids from 'Nature Deficit Disorder'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 25, 2005.

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