Screenagers Film Presented By MDI Schools

We are thrilled to present SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in the Digital Age, a documentary about the biggest parenting issue of our time.

HOSTED BY:  MDI Hospital, Acadia Integrative Medicine, and MDI’s Parent-Teacher groups.

Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that happening with her own kids and began a quest to uncover how it might impact their development. As with her other two award-winning documentaries on mental health, Ruston takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and also offers solutions on how adults can empower their kids to best navigate the digital world to find balance.

SCREENAGERS addresses the most pervasive parenting issue of our time head on—depicting teen struggles over social media, video games and internet addiction. The film empowers kids to best navigate the digital world and provides practical resources to help them do it.

*Babysitting provided, please RSVP so we know how many children to plan for. Babysitting is for children that are too young to view the movie. The movie is unrated but Common Sense Media rating is 10+ years old. The interactive club will be able to offer babysitting services to parents. They will be offering arts and crafts as well as a cooking activity. Parents should drop off between 12:45 and 1:00 in room 132 located across from theatre entrance. Donations for childcare will benefit Interacts community service projects.