ASSINIBOIA — In their continued efforts for Wellness Wednesdays held in June, Assiniboia’s Seventh Avenue School hosted a noon-hour lunch-and-learn event based on the book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. The complex message outlined how technology and the modern world are affecting children.
Principal Aaron Hesjedal said, “The presentation was done by Jenn Prokopetz, Superintendent of School Operations–Prairie South. The presentation shared facts about how children and the childhood experience has changed since the emergence of front-facing phones and social media has become part of their daily life. It also provided families with recommendations that can be used to help change the course of the patterns that have emerged.”
Twenty-three parents and community members signed up for the event, which took place June 11 from 12 to 1 p.m. Each person was provided lunch, with orders taken in advance for those registered. Five copies of the book were given away to people in attendance.
Hesjedal affirmed that this event, along with other Wellness Wednesday activities undertaken in June, was covered by a matching grant received from River Street Promotions in Moose Jaw, with the Assiniboia Seventh Avenue School Community Council providing the matching funds.
