BATH
On Sept. 20, R.S.U. 1 and Patten Free Library will sponsor a showing of “Screenagers,” an award-winning documentary on the impact of screen technology on children. The movie will be shown in the library’s second floor Community Room at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
“Our goal is to help families open productive discussions about the impacts of screen time on children’s intellectual and social development,” said Dean Emmerson, the director of technology for R.S.U. 1. “In addition to providing powerful profiles of the struggles of the director’s own family as well as other teens, the movie offers parents proven solution for balancing screen activities and other pursuits.”
Director Delaney Ruston’s stories reveal difficult realities about social media, video gaming, academics and Internet addiction. Interwoven into the stories are the scientific insights and research documenting the different screen-time habits of girls and boys, how screen time may actually change brain function, the failures of multitasking and the impacts of screen time on teens’ ability to self-regulate and to empathize.
“We hope that some of the movie goers, both teens and adults, will stay after the screening to participate in a moderated discussion,” Emmerson said. “The film will provide a lot of fodder for discussion.”
Space in the Community Room is limited. Register online at bit.ly/2bDML2b or by visiting the Information Desk in the Reference Room at the Library. For more information on the movie, visit screenagersmovie.com; for questions about the event, send an email to Roberta Jordan at the library at rjordan@patten.lib.me.us or Dean Emmerson at demmerson@rsu1.org.
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