Losing Eden

In Britain, according to media reports, three-quarters of five-to twelve-year olds now spend less time out of doors than prison inmates.

\In 2007 the Oxford Children’s Dictionary dropped “acorn” and “buttercup” and “heron” and “lark” and “magpie” and “newt” in favor of such words as “broadband” and “cut and paste.”

This information is from a book review of Losing Eden by Lucy Jones that appeared in Harper’s Magazine, August 2021, p. 73.