Kids & Family
Community Event Helps Parents Navigate Children’s Screen Time
"SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in the Digital Age" sheds much-needed light on the affect screen time is having on our children and families
Parents who are concerned about the amount of time their children are spending on screens and the effects of too much screen time are encouraged to attend a local screening of SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in The Digital Age at Pinecrest Academy on Monday, December 2, at 6:30pm.
SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in The Digital Age has been screened more than 8,000 times to four million people in more than 70 countries around the world. SCREENAGERS is the first feature documentary to explore the impact of screen technology on kids and to offer proven solutions that help millions of teens and their families navigate growing up in a world with instant access to screens.
Physician and filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, decided to make SCREENAGERS when she found herself constantly struggling with her two kids about screen time. Ruston felt guilty and confused, not sure what limits were best, especially with mobile phones, social media, and gaming. Hearing how other parents were equally overwhelmed, she realized this is one of the biggest, unexplored parenting issues of our time.
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As a director, Ruston turned the camera on her own family and others—revealing stories of messy struggles over social media, video games, academics, and internet addiction. We meet Hannah, a 14-year old victim of social media bullying who struggled trying to hide her social media use from her mom. And Andrew, whose love of video games turned into an addiction, taking him from earning straight A’s to flunking out of college.
Interwoven into these stories are cutting edge science and insights from thought leaders Peggy Orenstein, Sherry Turkle, and Simon Sinek, as well as, leading brain scientists who present evidence on the real changes in the brain when kids are on screens.
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SCREENAGERS goes beyond exposing the risks of screen time; it also reveals approaches on how parents and educators can work with kids to help them achieve a healthy amount of screen time.
This event is free and open to all. It is recommended for parents and children ages 10 and up. After the film, a panel of experts will be on-hand to answer audience questions.
Pinecrest Academy is located at 955 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming, GA 30041, just one mile from The Collection at Forsyth, and minutes from GA400.
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