Wednesday November 20, 2024
7:00PM
Darien High School Auditorium
OK To Delay Darien, The Darien Depot, YWCA, Thriving Youth Darien, Town of Darien, DHS Parent Association and the Middlesex Parent Association invite you to “Social Media & Your Kids” featuring the phenomenal Max Stossel.
Max Stossel from Social Awakening will illustrate some of the specific ways technology is designed to be addictive & distracting, highlight how that’s impacting our kids’ minds, and give recommendations on how to address some of the challenges you and your family are facing. This presentation concludes with open space to discuss what’s working and not working in our households.
Max’s Bio:
Max Stossel is an award-winning artist, and the founder of Social Awakening: an organization dedicated to helping young people survive and thrive in the modern world.
Before working in this field, Max was a media strategist with an extensive background in social media. He ran social media for big brands, and later worked for a social media company where he designed some notifications to distract people.
He has spent the past seven years speaking with 100,000+ students, parents, and educators around the world about social media’s impact on our lives, and creating resources to help manage that impact.
Register Here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHaBwo_8fdIDd2zgp9hOhsNEvVDo1n3sS6GtB5qoWZAxD3ng/viewform
For Questions please contact Kristin Sartorius
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OK To Delay Darien Supporters Database
Our supporters database currently represents over 330 families and 700 students K-8. By adding your name, you are committing your support to our mission. Our mission is to unite parents who share a growing concern regarding the negative effects of early and excessive smartphone use along with the implications of early use of social media. We are dedicated to building a community of educated, empowered, and supportive parents and students with the common goal to delay smartphone use for young children and tweens. Let’s protect grade school and middle school for our kids and reverse the devastating trends we are seeing in mental health.
This is a collective action problem that can only be solved collectively. We can do this!
Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqpskE2_sRztE3gkSvH2E-7LsEzZhYEoZKX1d8erAofRf3dQ/viewform