Nature Exposure Quotes

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.

I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas.

Time spent in nature decreases stress and anxiety and improves focus for adults as well as children.

There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.

An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children's concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern true danger

You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

As one scientist puts it, we can now assume that just as children need good nutrition and adequate sleep, they may very well need contact with nature.

As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

I had a mild case of polio - not enough to put me in an iron lung, but enough to keep me bedridden for weeks. As I came out of it, my mom wanted to do something for me. She realized that, growing up in the city, I'd missed out on a lot of nature.

I was a barefoot earth child for a couple of years.

A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available, has enormous implications for human health and child development. They say the quality of exposure to nature affects our health at an almost cellular level.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.

My dad worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and he worked for the Department of Interior, you know, like the federal government. And consequently, I was outdoors a lot in my lifetime.

Being close to nature, in general, helps boost a child's attention span.