Nature's gentle touch

Article Abstract:

Parents who introduce their children to nature through various activities are often surprised by its positive effects. Gardening, hiking and beach-combing are only some ways by which children discover the beauty of nature, which can help strengthen their self-awareness and relationships with their parents.

Influence, Parenting

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Grow a happy child

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Children brought up appreciating the beauty of nature are more likely to have happier and healthier adult lives. Nature allows increased spiritual awareness as the children grow into adults. Botanist Gary Paul Nabhan claims that the outdoors foster imagination and patience.

Psychological aspects, Development and progression, Children, Gardening

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Our psychic bond with pets

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All animals are able to instinctively empathize with other animals and with human beings. The wild ones use it in hunting; the tamed ones, in bonding with their human companions. This bonding, uncritical and totally accepting, is the animal's greatest gift to humans.

Appreciation, Pets, Attachment (Psychology), Bonding (Psychology)

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