Wild Play Feat. David Sobel

About this episode

Lukas and David Sobel discuss the importance of children's connection to nature and parenting.

To borrow Richard Louv’s words in describing our guest today “David Sobel is one of the pioneering voices in the children and nature movement.” And you can easily see why, by simply looking at his contribution. David has made it his mission to educate and advocate for the preservation of children’s nature connection by sharing his experience as a father of two, his countless keynotes, articles and seven books…including one of Lukas' all-time favourites, Wild Play. In this compassionate chat about children and parenting, Lukas and David talk about the importance of dream life, how to best support childhood and authentically connecting with our children. https://www.davidsobelauthor.com/about-david-sobel https://paulhoweshepard.wordpress.com/ https://www.booktopia.com.au/magical-child-joseph-chilton-pearce/book/9780452267893.html

People in this episode

Guest: David Sobel

Topics covered

• children and nature
• parenting
• childhood development

Keywords

• nature connection
• dream life
• advocacy
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Wild Play

Books & works: Wild Play

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