Recent research indicates that experiences in nature are essential for healthy growth, and benefit kids’ cognitive, emotional, and social development. The average North American child spends about seven hours a day looking at screens, and mere minutes engaged in unstructured play outdoors, a dramatic transformation within the past generation. On The Point, Mindy Todd discusses the issue Scott Sampson, author of a new book titled How toRaise a Wild Child, the Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature.