In our first movie, "Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age," filmmaker Delaney Ruston, M.D, explored the technology-filled age our kids are growing up in and looked at the challenges of the internet, social media, video games and how they impacted the mental health and wellbeing of our kids.
In response to some of those learnings, "Screenagers Next Chapter: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience," takes a broader look at the mental health and emotional wellbeing challenges that are faced by many young people today and presents solutions to empower kids, parents and schools to build emotional agility, communication savvy and stress resilience
1000's of schools, places of worship and other organizations have already screened this movie to the benefit of their communities. Read on to learn more about this movie, why the advice within is more relevant than ever and how to host a screening in your school or community.
Released a few months before Covid-19, we couldn't have anticipated just how relevant the message and lessons of this movie would be in today's landscape.
As our nation, and the wider world continues on the challenging path to recovery and a return to normal, consider some of the challenges faced by kids growing up today…
These are challenging times to be growing up in and recent studies paint a picture of the worsening overall mental health seen in children post-pandemic.
There is hope, however. Mental health awareness in society has never been higher. Plus, positive recent examples such as Simone Biles or Naomi Osaka openly discussing and prioritizing their mental health have gone a long way to removing old stigmas and encouraging young people to seek help where needed.
Screenagers Next Chapter explores openly, the topic of mental health in youth today and meets many real-world young people and families, openly discussing their stories, challenges and identifying solutions applicable to all.
While the movie doesn't shy away from casting light on a range of difficult subjects, it was important to us to strike a hopeful and optimistic tone. This is a movie that through showing the stories of real people and considering the evidence and expert advice available, offers solutions for both young people, their parents and other support networks around them.
We made the Screenagers movies to be shown in group community settings such as schools, places of worship, community groups and more. It is our belief and now experience from over 10,000 events, that communities coming together to watch, learn from and discuss our movies together, is the most beneficial to all.
For those who have previously hosted or attended a screening of our first movie, "Screenagers - Growing Up In The Digital Age", it is important to note that while some of the topics of that movie, such as social media and screen time, in general, are relevant to this movie, Screenagers Next Chapter is not a sequel, you don't need to see one to see the other.
This movie is a broader examination of the mental health challenges amongst young people today, offering relevant, evidence-based solutions and while many hosts have shown both, either movie can be shown independently, depending on the topics you wish to explore with your community.
We have seen all types of screening events from small group and classroom screenings - right up to large conference and film festival screenings and while hosts are welcome to tailor their event to their particular needs, the typical Screenagers event consists of a group screening of one of our movies, followed by a Q&A or discussion session right after.
Depending on your situation, you have the option to host your event in-person at your school/venue AND we have various online options for you to run a virtual screening if gathering in person isn't possible.
Learn more about hosting a screening of this movie here and we would encourage parents and guardians interested in having this movie shown at their Child's school to forward this to their Principals, PTA's and other relevant authorities.
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
In our first movie, "Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age," filmmaker Delaney Ruston, M.D, explored the technology-filled age our kids are growing up in and looked at the challenges of the internet, social media, video games and how they impacted the mental health and wellbeing of our kids.
In response to some of those learnings, "Screenagers Next Chapter: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience," takes a broader look at the mental health and emotional wellbeing challenges that are faced by many young people today and presents solutions to empower kids, parents and schools to build emotional agility, communication savvy and stress resilience
1000's of schools, places of worship and other organizations have already screened this movie to the benefit of their communities. Read on to learn more about this movie, why the advice within is more relevant than ever and how to host a screening in your school or community.
Released a few months before Covid-19, we couldn't have anticipated just how relevant the message and lessons of this movie would be in today's landscape.
As our nation, and the wider world continues on the challenging path to recovery and a return to normal, consider some of the challenges faced by kids growing up today…
These are challenging times to be growing up in and recent studies paint a picture of the worsening overall mental health seen in children post-pandemic.
There is hope, however. Mental health awareness in society has never been higher. Plus, positive recent examples such as Simone Biles or Naomi Osaka openly discussing and prioritizing their mental health have gone a long way to removing old stigmas and encouraging young people to seek help where needed.
Screenagers Next Chapter explores openly, the topic of mental health in youth today and meets many real-world young people and families, openly discussing their stories, challenges and identifying solutions applicable to all.
While the movie doesn't shy away from casting light on a range of difficult subjects, it was important to us to strike a hopeful and optimistic tone. This is a movie that through showing the stories of real people and considering the evidence and expert advice available, offers solutions for both young people, their parents and other support networks around them.
We made the Screenagers movies to be shown in group community settings such as schools, places of worship, workplaces and more. Let us share with you the steps to putting on your own successful Screenagers event, along with some of our most helpful tips!
READ MORE >From the wide range of feedback we have received over the years, we have learned more and more about the real-world benefits hosts and viewers have gained from our movies. Presented here, for those thinking about hosting a screening in their community is feedback on the most widely reported benefits we have seen.
READ MORE >for more like this, DR. DELANEY RUSTON'S NEW BOOK, PARENTING IN THE SCREEN AGE, IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PARENTS. WITH INSIGHTS ON SCREEN TIME FROM RESEARCHERS, INPUT FROM KIDS & TEENS, THIS BOOK IS PACKED WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO START AND SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.