The Relationship Between ADHD And Being Outside

I do agree with the basic concept of the book, that there is true a nature deficit in the past couple generations including the newest generation. I believe just because of our technological advances it’s almost easier to ignore the outside world. It’s easier to say hey, go watch t.v. you won’t by physically harmed from that. Except they are being harmed they have no experience with nature and its no coincidence that we are raising the most obese children to date and it has a lot to do with the amount of emphasis we put on essentially everything else but going outside. The children nowadays are raised by screens and not by nature.
I wanted to first discuss the link between ADHD and being outside. The fact that it may greatly improve the behavior of those diagnosed with ADHD if they played outside. He doesn’t go too in depth about this as it is relatively new but does let state that it could be used as a therapy and depending on the child of the amount of outside time they get it could go as far as to replace medication. From my point of view I do think ADHD exists but I also do think it is greatly over diagnosed, and I feel as though it’s because children are just plain bored. These …show more content…
Let’s face it if you live in a huge urban are such as New York City you child probably doesn’t even understand what nature is especially if they were born there other than maybe Central Park and any trips you have taken way outside of the city. Living in the suburbs and having a backyard to begin that delicate introduction to nature is much better and much more conducive to having a relationship with nature. Children just don’t have the opportunity to roam and explore like they used to whether they are from an urban or suburban area. Not only is there the area previous generous used to roam more developed parents just aren’t comforted by the fact that they may not know where their children