Editing Child (section)

== Geographies of childhood ==
The geographies of childhood involves how (adult) society perceives the idea of childhood, the many ways adult attitudes and behaviors affect children's lives, including the environment which surrounds children and its implications.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Disney |first=Tom |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199874002-0193 |title=Geographies of Children and Childhood |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2018 |doi=10.1093/OBO/9780199874002-0193}}</ref>

The geographies of childhood is similar in some respects to [[children's geographies]] which examines the places and spaces in which children live.<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Holloway SL | veditors = Holloway SL, Valentine G |year=2004|title=Children's Geographies|doi=10.4324/9780203017524|isbn=978-0-203-01752-4 }}</ref>

=== Nature deficit disorder ===
{{Main| Nature deficit disorder}}
Nature Deficit Disorder, a term coined by [[Richard Louv]] in his 2005 book ''[[Last Child in the Woods]],'' refers to the trend in the United States and Canada towards less time for outdoor play,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0629/p13s02-lifp.html | title = For more children, less time for outdoor play: Busy schedules, less open space, more safety fears, and lure of the Web keep kids inside | vauthors = Gardner M | work = The Christian Science Monitor | date = June 29, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0405/Dec06_04/20.shtml | title = U.S. children and teens spend more time on academics | vauthors = Swanbrow D | work = The University Record Online | publisher = The University of Michigan | access-date = 7 January 2021 | archive-date = 2 July 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702135326/http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0405/Dec06_04/20.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref> resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.canadianliving.com/canadianliving/client/en/Family/DetailNews.asp?idNews=238340&pg=2& |title = Are your kids really spending enough time outdoors? Getting up close with nature opens a child's eyes to the wonders of the world, with a bounty of health benefits. |vauthors = Burak T |work = Canadian Living  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728104732/http://www.canadianliving.com/canadianliving/client/en/Family/DetailNews.asp?idNews=238340&pg=2& |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

With increasing use of cellphones, computers, video games and television, children have more reasons to stay inside rather than outdoors exploring. “The average American child spends 44 hours a week with electronic media”.<ref name=Agitators>{{cite web | url = http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A53025 | title = Outside Agitators | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20110614215355/http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A53025 | archive-date = 14 June 2011 | vauthors = O'Driscoll B | work = Pittsburgh City Paper }}</ref> Research in 2007 has drawn a correlation between the declining number of [[List of areas in the United States National Park System|National Park]] visits in the U.S. and increasing consumption of electronic media by children.<ref name=Conservation>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pergams OR, Zaradic PA | title = Is love of nature in the US becoming love of electronic media? 16-year downtrend in national park visits explained by watching movies, playing video games, internet use, and oil prices | journal = Journal of Environmental Management | volume = 80 | issue = 4 | pages = 387–393 | date = September 2006 | pmid = 16580127 | doi = 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.02.001 | bibcode = 2006JEnvM..80..387P | url = https://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/numbers-in-context/ }}</ref> The media has accelerated the trend for children's nature disconnection by deemphasizing views of nature, as in Disney films.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Prévot-Julliard AC, Julliard R, Clayton S | title = Historical evidence for nature disconnection in a 70-year time series of Disney animated films | journal = Public Understanding of Science | volume = 24 | issue = 6 | pages = 672–680 | date = August 2015 | pmid = 24519887 | doi = 10.1177/0963662513519042 | s2cid = 43190714 }}</ref>