Thu, Sep 18
|Zoom
Virtual Book Study
Join us to discuss The Anxious Generation with other family and child care professionals!
Time & Location
Sep 18, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Zoom
About the Event
We are collaborating with Huron Perth Public Health to lead a discussion on the book: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. The shift of childhood into the virtual world has caused social anxiety, sleep deprivation, attention issues, and addiction in an entire generation of children. Haidt explores these issues and what we can do as parents, schools, and even as governments to get children back into the real world. This virtual book study is designed to bring together family and child care professionals and to get a deeper understanding of issues in our community. This program is made available thanks to support from the Government of Canada.
Each participant will receive a book study guide. Books are available for purchase or to borrow from your local library.
DURATION: 6 weeks
DATES AND TIMES: Thursdays from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
September 18 to October 23
LOCATION: Zoom
FACILITATORS: Susan Cowman, Parent Support Worker at Rural Response for Healthy Children & Ashley Furtney, Huron Perth Public Health Staff
Register to receive the book study guide and Zoom links by emailing Susan at scowman@rrhc.on.ca. Please register by September 15.