Mother Nature’s Child 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; this will not be true for most children growing up today. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression. The film follows children from the wilds of Vermont to Washington, D.C. and seeks the voices of many adult experts.
Co-sponsored by Friends of Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge & Sustainable Sudbury
