Filmmaker and Seattle family physician, Delaney Ruston took a deeply personal approach with the documentary as she probed into the vulnerable corners of family life. Looking mostly at life with her own children, Delaney led us through some of the struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. On average children now spend 6.5 hours a day on screens and as a doctor, Delaney needed to understand the impact on children. As a mother she needed to know what to do. While watching the screening what, became clear is how we are just learning of the impacts of excessive screentimeonthedevelopingmindsofourchildren. A professor of psychology from MIT talked about how much distraction there is in our lives today and we multi-task a lot. “What the studies show is that when we multitask we do worse on everything, but wefeellikewearedoingbetterandbetter.” Thiswas played out well in the documentary when Delaney was having a conversation with her daughter Tessa. The conversation was about Tessa wanting a new smart phone. Tessa was so distracted by her current phone that she had to ask her mom to repeat the question. While social media is the screen of choice for girls, gaming is for most boys. To keep the boys addicted, the gaming industry is designing the games to be universes which they don’t want to come out of. In the film this led one teen to drop out of college and into a rehabilitation facility. The violence in some games can also lead to aggressive behaviour. Parents who try to connect with their sons while they are gaming, know this well. SCREENAGERS does a great job of offering solutions for adults on how best to empower families to navigate the digital work and find that