Join us to watch Screenagers - Next Chapter: Addressing Youth Mental Health in the Digital Age. All parents are welcome, but please RSVP so we can get an idea of a head count. We will watch the movie together and have a discussion as a group that will be lead by our K8 Dean, Anne Carpenter, and MS Counselor, Dan Eaker. Light refreshments will be available.
Further reading options on this topic will be available, and there is potential for future discussion and book groups to be formed.
Date: Saturday, March 1st
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: K8 Library
Film Duration: 63 minutes
Discussion to follow
Film Synopsis: Millions of young people experience high stress, anxiety, and depression. In Screenagers Next Chapter: Addressing Mental Health in the Digital Age, we follow physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston as she discovers solutions for improved adolescent stress, anxiety, and depression in the digital age. Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help us all flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow Delaney as she finds herself at a loss on how to help her own teens as they struggle with their emotional wellbeing. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.
We witness Delaney as she finds her way from ineffective parenting to much-improved strategies. We follow other personal stories of families from an array of backgrounds with a spectrum of emotional challenges. We also observe approaches in schools that provide strategies relevant beyond the classroom setting. Interwoven into the stories are surprising insights from brain researchers, psychologists, and thought-leaders that reveal evidence-based ways to support mental wellness among our youth.