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Parents, communities take note: Teens need nature too.

Over the past decade, parents of young children have been told repeatedly by experts of many stripes: make sure your children are given ample opportunity to spend time outdoors. The benefits to young bodies and minds are many: Greater confidence, increased creativity, reduced stress, to name a few. Yet, similar missives have been largely absent…

"In the midst of pain, anger and frustration, this is an oasis of calm and beauty."

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