Education

How less exposure to nature hurts your child’s learning

More and more children today have less and less contact with the natural world. And this is having a huge impact on their health, growth and development. This is mostly the case for children dwelling in urban areas, largely due to growing uptake of technology that pushes them to prefer TV screens and other electronic gadgets to outdoor stimuli.
Letting children engage more in outdoor activities stimulates their intellectual development according to education experts. (Net photo)
Letting children engage more in outdoor activities stimulates their intellectual development according to education experts. (Net photo)
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