As a nature lover and advocate of children spending ample unstructured time in nature, this book immediately jumped out to me as something I knew would resonate with my heart. There has been a lot of buzz around the nature deficit our children are experiencing, not just the loss of space to interact with nature, but also the adult initiative and freedom to do so. I’d argue adults are also facing a nature deficit, even just a couple hour a week have been shown to have significant improvements to physical and emotional health and still the divide between inside and outside are becoming surprisingly harder to step through.

Steven Rinella offers data, personal stories, and tangible ideas about the shifts caregivers can take to cultivate “outdoor kids” If you’ve grappled with how to get pry your kids away from the screens and outside this book is a great start. And the very best foot forward in this journey begins with your lead.

This is a great resource! It is full of easy to implement strategies and ideas for families to get outside and enjoy being together. This is one I'll return to again and again. Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the book.