HSA Meeting
5/2/2024 5:30 pm
HSA Parent Meeting
Friday, February 21, Time TBD
Location: TBD
Attend a parent meeting and viewing of Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition, the latest film to be released from the Screenagers team. This new film updates the original movie with the latest research, expert insights, and advice. It is specifically tailored for the students, parents, and educators of elementary schools to help them better navigate this digital age. The film viewing will be preceded by a short HSA meeting. Dinner and childcare provided.
Also happening on February 21 is the Middle School Lock In.
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.
This new version of the original Screenagers movie addresses issues that elementary school aged kids, parents and educators are facing, i.e., smartwatches in class, unhooking from and monitoring video gaming, social media pressures, exposure too young and what research shows is a healthy amount of screen time. With many solutions to these and other challenges. Run time: 55 minutes
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 10