Mom's right: Kids need to get outside, play, researcher says
Humphrey Institute alumnus Mary Vidas is quoted in this article.
Mary Vidas, the public policy program director at the Arboretum, said the problem has been growing for the past 20 years as the amount of open space in cities has shrunk. Richard Louv's 2005 book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder," spurred her and the Arboretum to address it.
Star Tribune
March 27, 2008
