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A "nature-deficit disorder"

Broadcast: Midday, 04/14/2006, 11:06 a.m.

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Have kids given up playing outdoors in favor of X-Boxes, iPods and the World Wide Web?

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  • Richard Louv: Author of "Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder." Louv is a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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