Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age

Tue Feb 04 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-07:00

Ritz Theater for the Arts | Tooele

Utah State University Health and Wellness Ext.
Publisher/HostUtah State University Health and Wellness Ext.
Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age
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An award-winning film about families and messy struggles over social media, video games and academics, and navigating the digital world.
About this Event

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 with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time—friction she knew all too well.

In SCREENAGERS, as with her award-winning documentaries on mental health, Delaney 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 offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, movie begins at 7:00 pm.

Free tickets for teenagers (middle and high school students) and their parents. Each registered attendee will receive a concession voucher (valid for a free popcorn and a free soda).

A facilitated discussion will be held after the screening to further discuss the content of the film.

Hosted by Tooele County Health Department and the TIPP Coalition (Tooele Interagency Prevention Professionals). Questions can be directed to Brent Peterson, Tooele County Health Department, at [email protected] or (435) 277.2373.

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Ritz Theater for the Arts, 111 North Main Street, Tooele, United States

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