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#PARENTING | You should do this for your kids EVERYDAY according to experts

What’s one of the best things you can do for your kids every day?

Get them outdoors. Every single day.

A study (University of Essex, in England) found that even five minutes of “green exercise” outside in nature was as effective in treating mild-to-moderate depression in people of all ages as taking anti-depression medication, with young people and the mentally ill benefiting most.

But “ecotherapy” isn’t just for kids or the mentally ill. A 1984 study (physician Roger Ulrich) found that hospital patients recovered faster from gallbladder surgery when they had a view of nature out the window. And a Japanese study published in 2006 determined that “forest therapy,” or walking through treed landscapes, has a calming effect on people — lowering levels of the stress hormone cortisol by 16 percent, as well as heart rate and blood pressure.

So... come on, mom and dad.... let's get outside... and let's move!

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