Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Once upon a time, you'd take off in the summer with a sleeping bag, a fishing pole and a pocket knife. Summer camp offered all the soft challenges you could imagine (such as stomaching awful food), but you always had a blast. No responsibilities weighed you down. Today, though, those days are gone. You worry about paying the mortgage, getting to work on time and keeping your kids entertained.
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Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Once upon a time, you'd take off in the summer with a sleeping bag, a fishing pole and a pocket knife. Summer camp offered all the soft challenges you could imagine (such as stomaching awful food), but you always had a blast. No responsibilities weighed you down. Today, though, those days are gone. You worry about paying the mortgage, getting to work on time and keeping your kids entertained.
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Jan 19th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Yes, you read the headline correctly. And yes, it means exactly what it looks like it means. Nature-Deficit Disorder is not a clinically diagnosed disease. It is, however, a rather clever name for a disturbing trend towards "denatured childhood" and the alarming affects that can result from such a condition. The phrase was coined by Richard Louv in his fascinating book, Last Child in the Woods: ...
