Thread by @dess_ri

Research shows your kids should be playing outside as much as possible. And so should you!

Today, why not learn more about how excellent creation appreciation is for your family's health & well-being?
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"Encountering birds in everyday life is associated with better mental well-being... The study found that people were more likely to feel confident, relaxed, happy, connected to other people, and energetic..."
psypost.org/2022/11/encoun…

"Results show that an increase in the number of days spent outside was associated with decreases in depressive and anxiety symptoms and an increase in life satisfaction."
nature.com/articles/s4159…

"Here’s something really simple you can do to improve your child’s chance of future health and success: make sure he spends plenty of time playing outside."
health.harvard.edu/blog/6-reasons…

"Recognizing the importance of outdoor play for young children's healthy growth, a project focused on the exploration of the outdoor environment was developed with a group of young children in an early childhood education setting in Portugal."
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Youth growing up in places with more greenspaces have better developmental outcomes."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

"Findings indicate that television/DVD/video viewing may be adversely, and outdoor play favourably, associated with preschool children’s social skills."
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

"Research indicates that playing outdoors, particularly in natural play spaces, boosts children’s physical activity, potentially decreasing childhood obesity."
researchgate.net/publication/28…

"Thus, providing outdoor play opportunities, especially during early childhood, has potential to prevent SB (sedentary behavior)."
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34548057/

"We found residential proximity to outdoor play spaces to be protective of disorders of psychological development."
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Now, go outside!