Every expert we asked talked about the importance of letting children take risks and explore in nature. But they also advised parents to supervise and set limits.
- Adjunct assistant professor, North Carolina State University
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
Earlier this year, an American mother was arrested for allowing her nine year old daughter to play unsupervised in a park while she finished her shift at work. Even though this story got a lot of press…
We know that trees have many benefits. In forests they provide habitat, wood, biodiversity and ecosystem services. In cities, they can mitigate the urban heat island effect by cooling the air and reducing…
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