Community Event
Free Outdoor Movie Night!
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets! Free popcorn! Food available for purchase from the Cult of Joe Burger food truck!
Join us for a fun family evening featuring the movie TROLLS BAND TOGETHER!
Presented by Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms, and The Family Center
Community Book Club
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Join us for an engaging and informative discussion with our panel of local experts.
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness and investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults.
Haidt diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free, describing steps that we can all take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.
Copies of the book are available at the Grosse Pointe Public Library and Harper Woods Public Library. They can also be borrowed from The Family Center’s new Book Club Kit collection.
EMAIL TO REGISTER
Wellness Series
Community Yoga
Free Wellness Classes!
Breathe, stretch, and de-stress with our incredible yoga instructors. Classes are free but registration is necessary because space is limited. If you RSVP and your plans change, please email us so we can give your spot to someone on the waitlist. Don’t forget your mat and water!
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Family Fun
Preschool Playtime
Structured playtime including games, songs, stories, and more!
Parents and caregivers join in the fun as little ones play, sing, and dance. This is a great opportunity for kids to socialize and adults to meet one another! *Please note ages and times before registering.
Led by Danielle Mitchelson, former Director of Preschool for Birmingham Public Schools
Playgroup is FREE but registration is appreciated so we can contact you if there is a change in the class.
