In Partnership with Advocate Aurora Healthcare, Froedtert Healthcare, Village of Port Washington, City of West Bend, and the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department, we are planning some family friendly activities for our third annual Screen Free Week! Screen Free week is held every year in May, sponsored by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, as an educational way to get people up and moving and off of their screens. Studies are showing direct links between time spent on a screen and mental health concerns. The effects are showing in both adults and children. We are joining in again this year and educating about limits on daily screen time, and promoting screen free activities to help increase awareness and improve mental health in our communities.
During Screen-Free Week, millions of children and adults pledge to spend seven days screen-free. Instead of watching TV or playing video games, they tend to read, play, think, create, get physically active, and spend more time with friends and family. Studies show that children who watch less TV are more likely to read well and to be physically fit. Turning off screens also allows for more family time. Each week, American children spend more time in front of a screen than they do in school! Screen-Free Week is a great way to jump-start our kids into more reading, learning, and active play. It’s also a lot of fun!
We have a full line-up of fun, screen-free activities planned for both Washington and Ozaukee Counties, and we’d like help spreading the word! Please see the attached flyers with our schedules of events, and take a look at our Facebook page, Screen Free Week Washington Ozaukee, WI. If you’d like more information on Screen Free Week, please visit screenfree.org.
