2009-04-23T12:56:19Ztag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/free-range-kids-one-hundred-years-agotag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/430/18132009-04-23T12:56:19ZSursumCorda<p>I just placed a hold on <em>Last Child in the Woods</em> at our library. Sounds good.</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/430/18122009-04-23T12:48:51ZSursumCorda<p>Sounds wonderful!</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/430/18112009-04-23T12:31:34Zdstb<p>Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into it.</p> <p>One book we had read a year or two ago was &quot;Little Britches&quot; by Ralph Moody. B especially loved it. Mr. Moody tells the true story of his family's move to Colorado in the early 1900's. He meets real cowboys (who talk like real cowboys - so a little editing) and the family works on getting their ranch up and running - no small feat as I recall.</p> <p>For you Heather, I would recommend reading &quot;Last Child in the Woods&quot; By Richard Louv. Your first sentence above made me think about it. In his book, he talks about what he calls &quot;nature-deficit disorder&quot;. Not a real diagnosis, but a term coined as a way for people to quickly grasp what he is talking about. How important it is for kids to have unstructured time in nature - building forts, observing, testing their limits. There are probably some videos on-line of talks he has given so you can get a sense of the book.</p> <p>S</p>