Parents have spent more time with their kids' outdoors during lockdown

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Parents have spent more time with their kids' outdoors during lockdown - even using nature to help with homeschooling

Half of parents have been doing MORE outdoor activities with their children since the lockdown was introduced.

Families were asked to share a colour they found in the natural world as a suggestion for a paint shade.More than 4,000 entries were submitted, with the UK’s winning colour ‘Dirty Beetroot’ being brought to life and given to the winner Daisy Sansum to use at home in Gloucestershire. “This can be in the garden, if you have one, or even while walking around the block as part of your daily exercise.”Credit: Getty Images - Getty

More than two thirds of respondents said that being in nature made them feel more relaxed and calmer.

 

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