"Chasing Childhood" presented by The Youth Generosity Project

Chasing Childhood is a feature length documentary that explores a phenomenon affecting kids from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Free play and independence have all but disappeared, supplanted by relentless perfectionism and record high anxiety and depression. What’s lost goes well beyond our idyllic conceptions of childhood past. When kids don’t play unsupervised by adults, they don’t gain critical life skills: grit, independence, and resourcefulness. Though they may appear more accomplished on paper, by the time they get to college they are often falling apart, lacking the emotional tools to navigate young adulthood.

The film explores how we got here and how we might empower our kids. Potential solutions are offered by the leaders of this movement, including former Stanford Dean and author of How to Raise an Adult ,Julie Lythcott-Haims, biological psychologist Peter Gray and others.

Sponsored by The Youth Generosity Project, join us at Argyros Performing Arts Center on September 30th at 6:30 PM for a screening and discussion of this film.

Registration to attend this event will close on September 30, 2021.

For more information, please contact us via email at [email protected] or call (510) 982-4764.

Host or Publisher Reel Link Films