Balanced and Barefoot
How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

This is a book that describes what’s happening to our children’s ability to do things that children were able to do decades ago - climbing, running, sitting, increase in sensory issues, anxiety, depression, etc... We learn through this book that being in nature is important for our children. It’s im......more

I'll be honest here and say that I skimmed a lot of this book, not because it wasn't informative but because they were preaching to the choir. I agree, children should move more. I am not surprised by all the supporting evidence laid out in this book. I think I was looking for more information on ho......more

You can agree with the author of a non-fiction book and still be bored. The content was fine, but seemed padded out to make it book length. I'll try to cull out some interesting items: * The author has an interesting approach to sun screen. Let's just say, she's not huge for it. * Modern playground eq......more

I got a lot more out of this book than I thought I would. When I started reading it there was a lot about problems in the classroom, studies that showed kids needed to move more, input from seasoned teachers, the authors experiences running a camp, and all of that is great. This book is well researc......more

The overall premise of this book is essentially throwing out every possible reason why children should play outside, in nature. I'm certainly a proponent of outdoor nature play and my own child gets plenty of it, but this book does contain some flaws. The author, a pediatric occupational therapist,......more