What we’re about
This group is operated by The Town of Berlin 11/16/2021. Meetup @ the Library hosts free movies, craft programs, various seminars, specialty speakers, concerts, reading and cooking clubs. It’s always an adventure at Berlin-Peck, so come see what’s new at the Library!
Please note that many programs require registration directly with the library, not through Meetup RSVPs!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Make and Take: Mini Crystal LightsBerlin-Peck Memorial Library, Berlin, CT
Registration is REQUIRED. You must register through the library's website to reserve your spot: https://berlinpeck.org/events/make-and-take-mini-crystal-lights/
Light up a dark corner with this simple project.
All supplies will be provided.Cancellation Policy
Please be courteous. We purchase supplies for Make & Take programs and they typically have a waiting list. If you need to cancel your registration, you must notify us prior to noon on the day of the event. Failure to do so will result in a $5 charge. - Anxious Generation Book Discussion: Chapters 1-4Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, Berlin, CT
Please register through the library's website: https://berlinpeck.org/events/anxious-generation-book-discussion-1/
Join us to discuss the rise in adolescent mental health issues outlined in chapter 1 and the decline of the play-based childhood outlined in chapters 2-4 of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.
About the Book
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 that hit many countries at the same time. Haidt shows how “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen ways this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism.
Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action and proposes describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.
