--- product_id: 66680233 title: "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder" price: "129.42 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/66680233-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Nature exposure boosts creativity & cognition Nature-deficit linked to rising childhood disorders Groundbreaking research on nature & child health Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder **Price:** 129.42 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌳 Reclaim childhood—because the future belongs to kids who play outside! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder - **How much does it cost?** 129.42 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/66680233-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Groundbreaking Child Advocacy:** First book to link nature exposure directly to healthy childhood development across physical, emotional, and spiritual domains. - • **Nature-Deficit Disorder Exposed:** Reveals how disconnection from nature fuels ADD, depression, and obesity in kids. - • **A Must-Read for Millennial Parents:** Join the movement to prevent your child from becoming the 'last child in the woods.' - • **Boosts Academic & Emotional Growth:** Shows how nature-based education improves test scores, problem-solving, and emotional well-being. - • **Backyard Solutions for Modern Families:** Empowers parents to reconnect children with nature despite digital distractions and safety fears. ## Overview Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv is a pioneering book that identifies 'nature-deficit disorder'—the growing disconnect between children and the natural world—and its links to rising childhood health issues like ADD, depression, and obesity. Combining cutting-edge research and practical solutions, it advocates for nature exposure as essential for children's physical, emotional, and cognitive development, making it a vital read for parents and educators aiming to nurture healthier, happier kids in a digital age. ## Description "I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in—and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and depression. Some startling facts: By the 1990s the radius around the home where children were allowed to roam on their own had shrunk to a ninth of what it had been in 1970. Today, average eight-year-olds are better able to identify cartoon characters than native species, such as beetles and oak trees, in their own community. The rate at which doctors prescribe antidepressants to children has doubled in the last five years, and recent studies show that too much computer use spells trouble for the developing mind. Nature-deficit disorder is not a medical condition; it is a description of the human costs of alienation from nature. This alienation damages children and shapes adults, families, and communities. There are solutions, though, and they're right in our own backyards. Last child in the Woods is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research showing that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development—physical, emotional, and spiritual. What's more, nature is a potent therapy for depression, obesity, and ADD. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Even creativity is stimulated by childhood experiences in nature. Yet sending kids outside to play is increasingly difficult. Computers, television, and video games compete for their time, of course, but it's also our fears of traffic, strangers, even virus-carrying mosquitoes—fears the media exploit—that keep children indoors. Meanwhile, schools assign more and more homework, and there is less and less access to natural areas. Parents have the power to ensure that their daughter or son will not be the "last child in the woods," and this book is the first step toward that nature-child reunion. Review: Must read - Must read! Review: Great Product - Arrived as ordered and in a timely manner. Great read. ## Features - Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods, Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #93,310 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #239 in Baby & Toddler Parenting | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 207 Reviews | ## Images ![Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81SQ1V1EQRL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read *by D***G on April 20, 2026* Must read! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Product *by P***A on February 16, 2026* Arrived as ordered and in a timely manner. Great read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Its pure common sense - get kids out of the house, get them moving and have them see the REAL world *by K***N on December 13, 2005* My "wake up call" came when my friend from the city brought her toddler to my home and the little girl cried in terror when her mother tried to get her to put her bare feet on the lawn, a lawn that was free of anything dangerous. We don't have a dog so there weren't even any "droppings" to worry about. A baby who was scared to touch ground? Her mother admitted that her offspring had never felt grass because her mother feared it might be too full of "germs". I urged her to at least let her daughter smell a handful of freshly picked clover but she looked at me as though I were crazy. I then told her of summers spent barefoot, of exploring creeks and finding crayfish and even some snakes, of coming across a newborn fawn in the woods, etc. That's when I realized that there could be a whole generation of children losing touch with the natural world around them and I started paying attention to the kids and teens in our neighborhood. Sure enough, very few of them were climbing trees, exploring creeks, walking through the nearby woods. Very few of them built forts or learned the joy of wading in a cold stream or simply lying on the grass and looking up at the clouds, listening to the birds or trying to identify the different types of trees in the neighborhood. All of these things were common activities for me as a child (admittedly, during a time when tv channels were limited to 3 or 4 and there weren't video games or cellphones). If there is ONE POINT this book makes, it is that parents need to make an effort to help their children discover nature. Whether it is because parents are too busy or too fearful to let their children discover nature or whether kids have too many electronic devices to distract them and which prevent them from automatically turning to the pleasures of the outside world, the result is that children spend more and more time indoors and less time being active. Is it any wonder that there is an epidemic of childhood obesity? I'm not naive enough to suggest that spending time outside will cure obesity but I DO believe that it might encourage children to at least contemplate the idea of running through a grassy field, climbing a tree (carefully and respectfully) or simply chasing a butterfly through a meadow, trying to see where it goes. Most of all, this book might help both parents and children realize that nature can be as mysterious, powerful and awesome as any video game or television show (I'd say even MORE so). If our children, our future generations, are going to learn to care about the environment and preserving the wonders that are out there, it is up to parents, teachers and other role models in their lives to foster that appreciation...and, hopefully, that passion...early on. ## Frequently Bought Together - Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder - Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/66680233-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/66680233-last-child-in-the-woods-saving-our-children-from-nature) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-27*