A trio of socially conscious films, followed by discussion, are being screened at the Kent Recreation and Cultural Centre in Agassiz. They are geared toward youth and parents and seek to address the challenge of parenting in the digital era.
The first film Screenagers Growing Up In The Digital Age was shown on Dec. 8, but will be featured again, due to extreme weather that accounted for a poor turnout at the original screening.
“It’s really important to manage the screen time of youth, we’re just beginning to understand the impact on youth, and youth are more susceptible to addiction due to the brain’s development,” said Local Action Team Coordinator for Chilliwack & Fraser Cascades Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Maggie Aronoff.
The second film in the sequence, Paper Tigers One High School’s Success Story, will be featured Thursday, Jan 12. The documentary, directed by James Redford, follows the lives of staff and students at an alternative high school.
[For more of this story, written by Erin Knutson, go to http://www.agassizharrisonobse.../news/410316105.html]
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