Nature-Deficit Disorder

Writer/Producer: Chelle Koster Walton

Go outside and play!

How many times as children did we hear that from our parents if we so much as raised our voices or threw a ball in the house? Now that kids sit quietly in front of the TV, computer or video game, have parents actually stopped insisting they get out and exercise? The electronic age -- combined with safety concerns -- triggered what has been termed nature-deficit disorder, a disturbing lack of environmental interaction that may be ruining the health of today's children.

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Education

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• Nature-Deficit Disorder
• electronic age
• health
• children's health
• environment
• tv
• television
• computers
• videogames
• southwest florida
• WGCU
• PBS