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"Michigan Television is produced a local program, featuring Flint native and children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis, to give a Flint specific perspective to the issue of play. It created the opportunity to engage in a conversation examining how children relate to nature and ways that the community can facilitate that relationship. During the first half hour Christopher Paul Curtis re-examines the city of his childhood and discusses how his relationship with the outdoors influenced his creative development. The second portion of the program features a panel discussion about local issues of play and play accessibility. The goal of this project is to help parents, children, policy makers, and program developers re-imagine the child/nature relationship and to help them understand how integral it is to childhood development."