The impact of this digital age has led to rapid increases in levels of mental health challenges among youth. Through our movies, resources and initiatives, we aim to play our part in restoring the balance.
Runtimes: Original: 59 Minutes, Classroom: 45 Minutes
Now updated for 2025, this award-winning film probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and depicts messy struggles over social media, video games, and academics. The film offers solutions on how we can help our kids navigate the digital world.
Runtimes: Original: 70 Minutes, Classroom: 50 Minutes
Join Screenagers’ filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, as she picks up her camera once more to examine the impact of our digital age on teens' decision-making in relation to substances such as vaping, drugs, and alcohol.
Runtimes: Original: 63 Minutes, Classroom: 50 Minutes
Millions of young people experience high stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston as she discovers solutions for improved adolescent well-being in the digital age.
Runtimes: Original: 56 Minutes, Classroom: 26 Minutes
Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition updates the original movie with the latest research, expert insights and advice, specifically tailored for the students, parents and educators of elementary schools to help them better navigate this digital age.
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Our series of 4 documentary movies are made to be shown at screenings in schools, places of worship, community groups and more. Bringing bring students, parents educators and stakeholders together to learn and start conversations on these important topics.
Our campaign, Away For The Day has been a prominent voice in the call to keep phones and smartwatches out of schools. Our latest campaign, Away For Sleep aims to empower families in the same way, giving them the tools and the knowledge to devices out of bedrooms, particularly for sleep.
Through the making of our 4 documentary movies and the other related work that we do, we have built an extensive library of resources related to the themes of our movies.
Over 20,000 hosts worldwide, such as schools, places of worship, community groups and more have hosted screenings of our movies. We have 2 options to suit a wide variety of hosts:
A One-Time Screening License allows hosts to screen one of our movies once to their community on a specified date. We provide facilitator guides and marketing packs to help you run a great event.
The Screenagers Project is our online membership platform giving member schools unlimited access to our movies, curriculum and resources for classroom and internal school use, and for running screening events as often as needed.
"The event achieved exactly what we set out to and more. I could not have asked for any better. I received so much positive feedback at the event and following it."
"The event went well, and participants left with insights and tools to help them better navigate screen time. We have the edition of Screenagers for middle/high schoolers planned for this fall"
"I had the opportunity to view the Screenagers Under the Influence with CADCA. I think it was absolutely wonderful! I realized the importance of these movies for our community"
"The kids were engaged the entire time. We all thought this was the most successful forum for engagement of the children."
"As a parent of a 13-year-old, I’ve struggled with finding the right balance. Watching the documentary was a good reminder that I’m not alone in navigating this."
“The event was amazing and really created a sweet community of parents that want to continue these conversations.”
Join our filmmaker, Dr. Delaney, for her weekly parenting blog, Tech Talk Tuesdays, where she shares advice and guidance to help you manage and decrease struggles around smartphones, social media, video games and much more.
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Join Delaney Ruston, MD, a leading authority on parenting in the digital age and the filmmaker of the award-winning Screenagers movies, as she explores strategies for raising screen-wise and tech-balanced youth.
Keep phones and smartwatches 'Away For The Day' at school!
Research shows that kids and teens do better with phones, smartwatches and other personal devices put away during school hours. We hear every day from parents, teachers, and principals around the country that these devices are creating a huge distraction in schools, and they are ready for change.
The campaign website is full of research, example policies, best practice and advice to help you — parents, teachers, school leaders, and concerned individuals — start your journey towards creating a phone and device free school environment.
Our campaign to keep tech out of the bedroom.
Research shows that kids and teens sleep better when phones, smartwatches, video games, and other devices are kept out of the bedroom—especially at bedtime. Over 51% of U.S. teens are now getting insufficient sleep, and families across the country are looking for ways to help.
This campaign will offer research, expert advice, practical tips, and real-life examples to help you — parents, educators, health professionals, and concerned individuals — take steps toward tech-free sleep routines and healthier nights for you and your families.
Our student-led, mental wellness program for schools
Boosting Bravery is a free peer-to-peer or peer-to-near peer skill-building mental wellness program, available for schools to use, that aims to provide students with knowledge and practical skills to better thrive in their online and offline lives.
Check out the Screenagers YouTube channel where we post new videos twice a week, including podcasts, resources, parental guidance, previously unseen advice from the experts in our movies and much more!
Parenting in the Screen Age, by Delaney Ruston
Parenting in the Screen Age, is the definitive guide for today’s parents. With insights on screen time from researchers, input from kids and teens, this book is packed with solutions for how to start and sustain productive family talks about technology and its impact on our mental well-being.
We have curated a large library of resources related to the various themes of our movies, including aligned organizations, websites, books, helplines and other tools. You can also find the handouts from our movie screenings here.
