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‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ Is Really a Thing [1]

['Meg St-Esprit Mckivigan']

Date: 2020-06-23

LaToya Jordan and her family have no green space by their Brooklyn apartment. So she, like many other New Yorkers, relies on the city’s playgrounds and parks to give her two children, ages 2 and 8, some exposure to nature.

The outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City took away that access to green space when playgrounds closed across the city, and the city’s parks, like Prospect Park in Brooklyn, became too crowded for her children to properly social distance.

Jordan, 42, has observed a distinct change in her children’s well-being after having little to no access to green space. “Both of them are more moody and cranky,” she said. “My 8-year-old is so jealous of her friends who have backyards right now.”

The change in behavior has been so noticeable that she and her husband are considering renting a house with a yard in Brooklyn for a week.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/parenting/nature-health-benefits-coronavirus-outdoors.html

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