HSA Meeting
6/3/2024 5:30 pm
HSA Parent Meeting
Thursday, May 2nd, 5:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Location: Lunchroom, enter from the Blacktop
Attend a parent meeting and viewing of SCREENAGERS, an award-winning film that probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and depicts messy struggles over social media, video games, and academics. The film offers solutions on how we can help our kids navigate the digital world. The film viewing will be preceded by a short HSA meeting.
SCHEDULE:
5:30 PM: arrival and dinner for all in the lunchroom
5:45 PM: HSA meeting
6 PM: parent viewing of Screenagers, approx. 67 minutes
7:10 - 7:30 PM: wrap up and screen survey
Dinner and childcare provided. Childcare options will include watching the classroom version of Screenagers (46 minutes) in the library with Ms. Barnes (best suited for middle school students) or playing outside with Kat Bezhani of Kat Academy.
SYNOPSIS:
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.
SCREEN RESOURCES:
- Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health
- Podcast: House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murrhi, Surgeon General. This podcast is hosted by the 21st U.S. Surgeon General. In each episode, Dr. Murthy and his guests explore how they navigate the messiness and uncertainties of life to find meaning and joy. By sharing openly what’s on our minds and in our hearts, we can find strength and healing through connection.
- Podcast: Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting 152: Will Social Media Harm My Kid?
- Review website: Commonsense Media: trusted reviews of books, movies, games, podcasts, and apps
- Previous HSA speaker Marsha Richardson's Social Media resources
- Screenagers resources, including parenting apps to help monitor and / or set limits
- Personal devices policy from the Student / Parent Handbook, page 8