The Frontiers of American History in Last Child of the Woods by Richard Louv

The era has worked hard during the expansion of the west, and it is time to be satisfied with the achievements of that wonderful agenda. Thus the romanticization of the Western began. The border is now the area of ​​the family farm, nature is the theme of the poet. The Western side was conquered. The third boundary is the boundary of our lives today. Rough said that this frontier can be characterized by five trends. The invasion to our city is wild.

American writer Richard Louve is the author of the bestselling book "The Last Child in the Forest" that defines this phenomenon as "lack of nature". He said that for a variety of reasons, the relationship with the children in the past decades has had "a very deep" influence. Technology is clearly unique. According to a recent report by the Ceesars Family Foundation, Americans between the ages of 8 and 18 now spend over 53 hours of "use of entertainment media" per week. Then there is a fact that child's time is more stressful than before. Leisure time must be spent constructively: extracurricular activities, individual guidance, organized sports - there is no time to kick outdoors. In addition to children, I have never really kicked high heels. "About eight years old, I am alone with my friends," said a 50-year-old Moss. "Climb trees, build nests, collect eggs and frogs, parents do not want to keep children away, today."

In his book 'The Last Child in the Forest', Richard Louave wrote about the consequences that affect our children. Dying imagination. Luf believes that when a child sees a website like the Grand Canyon, he simply begins to imagine a layer, rather than just seeing photos or videos encapsulated on the screen of the computer or the television. They imagined roaring sounds when water ran down the hillside and flowed into the upper valley and entered the figure at hand. Then they want to know: Where does all this start from?