The Huffington Post – Tamsin Kelly
“More than one in nine children in England have not set foot in a park, forest, beach or any other natural environment for at least 12 months, according to a two-year government-funded study. Another equally shocking report found that the average British child spent less time outdoors than adult prisoners: 74% of children spent less than an hour in the fresh air, almost a third of children play outdoors for 30 minutes or less a day and one child in five doesn’t play outside at all. And yet children who regularly play outdoors have been shown to be happier, healthier, more confident and less anxious.”(more)