HOUGHTON -- As adults, some of our fondest childhood memories include exploring in the woods, streams and sand boxes in our backyards. In contrast, children today are often connected to electronic media or scheduled sports events that leave them little time to imagine or engage in make-believe play. Time spent building forts, playing neighborhood games and exploring nature’s wild edge is slipping away from children’s lives. Should we be concerned?
Where Do the Children Play? -- a one-hour award-winning documentary produced for Michigan Public Television will be shown from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, at the Portage Lake District Library. A discussion will follow for those who wish to examine whether this is a concern in our own communities.
The film visits three separate locations (Beaver Island, a suburb and an inner-city Detroit neighborhood) to probe how sprawl, congestion and suburban development may be impacting children's mental and physical health.
Parents of young children, childcare givers, grandparents, teachers and everyone interested in the well-being of all life is encouraged to attend.
This program is sponsored by the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education; Get Outdoors Michigan! Western U.P. Summit Planning Committee; the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative; Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education; and Michigan Technological University.
For more information, contact the library at 482-4570 or the Western U.P. Center (Email Joan Chadde at jchadde@mtu.edu or call 487-3341). Library events and presentations are free and open to the public.
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