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[NyameNti]

Researchers roam the earth and observe what natural people do.  Later they gather the data and confirm for us what we naturally know-if we are centered and quite enough.
Overall findings:

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• Children with views of and contact with nature score higher on tests of concentration and self-discipline. The greener, the better the scores (Wells, 2000, Taylor 2002)
• Natural environments stimulate social interaction between children (Moore 1986, Bixler, Floyd & Hammutt 2002).
• Children who play regularly in natural environments show more advanced motor fitness, including coordination, balance, and agility, and they are sick less often. (Grahn et al, 1997, Fjortoft 2001).
• When children play in natural environments, their play is more diverse, with imaginative and creative play that fosters language and collaborative skills (Moore & Wong 1997, Taylor et al. 1998. Fjortoft 2000).
• Exposure to natural environments improves children's cognitive development by improving their awareness, reasoning and observational skills (Pyle 2002).
• Nature buffers the impact of life stress on children and helps them deal with adversity.  The greater the amount of nature exposure, the greater the benefits (Wells 2003).

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 Information is information.  I hesitated in posting this as I read the last names. However, wisdom rules over all and any information provided.

 Take your children, grandchildren, or whomever outside.  A nice walk does wonder for the mind.  Research is find.  Wisdom is even better.

[Agbede]

My grandmother was an excellent Kmtyw applied scientist. She would not let my Ena and the rest of her siblings into the house after school until after my grandfather got home every day. She forced them to be outside. How many children (and adults) of today spend no extended periods of time outdoors getting mud on their hands, dirt on their feet, and grass in their hair?

[NyameNti]

Akhu;52386 wrote: My grandmother was an excellent Kmtyw applied scientist. She would not let my Ena and the rest of her siblings into the house after school until after my grandfather got home every day. She forced them to be outside. How many children (and adults) of today spend no extended periods of time outdoors getting mud on their hands, dirt on their feet, and grass in their hair?

I encourage my queens to go outside.  Sometimes we all just sit on the steps in the sun-priceless.  If I could just convince parents that the REAL expense in regards to parenting is not exposing our children to the right place and time.

[Bruno32]

Good thing nyame you have shared the correct thing natural does matter a lot i mean in the growth of the child and stuff which you written i completely agree on that.