children and the environment

Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression, arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology have led them to underappreciate nature.

Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression, arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology have led them to underappreciatenature.

The author, a biologist and cancer survivor, discusses a variety of elements involved in raising children, examining the hidden social, political, and historical forces behind these everyday things; and argues that the ongoing environmental crisis is essentially a crisis impacting family life.

Analyzes the connection between the increased use and prevalence of chemical toxins throughout twenty-first-century society and the number of childhood cases of disease and death.