The Week of the Earth at Whiting Lane School

For Parents:  Movie Presentation of Mother Nature's Child

This film explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression.