VIRTUAL SCREENING
This film may be streamed from October 13 - 17. You will have 48 hours from the moment you start the film to finish watching. If you are purchasing an All Access Pass,
please make sure to reserve your tickets in advance as there are limited views
available for this film.
“A must-watch for parents and
policy-makers everywhere.”
Overprotected and overdirected,
American children are wilting under the weight of well-meaning parents. In the
pursuit of keeping them safe and creating an impressive resumé of
extracurricular activities to wow admissions boards, over-parenting smothers
children across socioeconomic classes.
This thoughtful film examines what children and teens really need to thrive and
tackles issues that couldn’t be more important as schools reopen this year
after facing the COVID-19 pandemic. “When we mortgage our kids’ childhood, it’s
a debt that can never be repaid,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, author and expert
featured in Chasing Childhood. Parents, children, and experts alike are ringing
the alarm bell about the dramatic rise in anxiety and depression in young
children and teens—and championing the antidote that freedom and play could
offer.
The film features these thought leaders who are fighting to bring back the
benefits of a less curated childhood:
- Peter Gray
(biological psychologist and author of Free to Learn)
- Julie Lythcott-Haims
(former Stanford Dean and author of Your Turn: How to Be an Adult and How
to Raise an Adult)
- Dr. Michael Hynes
(public school advocate and superintendent of Port Washington Union Free
School District)
- Lenore Skenazy
(founder of Let Grow and the Free Range Kids movement).
INCLUDES PRE-RECORDED Q&A WITH:
DAVID FAGAN, MD FAAP - Vice Chairman, Pediatric Ambulatory Admin. Dept. of Pediatrics Cohen Children’s Medical Center
VERA FEUER MD - AVP School Mental Health Director, Emergency Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Urgent Care , Cohen Children’s Medical Center
DR. MICHAEL HYNES - Superintendent of Schools, Port Washington, New York
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