Balanced and Barefoot – How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Kids (2016) Angela Hanscom

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This book advocates for the essential role of unrestricted outdoor play in healthy child development. Drawing on experience and scientific research, the author, an occupational therapist, explains why free play is necessary for strengthening children’s sensory, motor, social, and intellectual capacities, countering modern trends of over-scheduling and restricted movement.