Social Media Safety

Item details

Date

March 18, 2026 5:15PM

Description

Social Media Safety: Navigating the Digital World

Social Media Safety: Navigating the Digital World is an educational event for youth and families focused on helping young people safely navigate today’s online world. The program features a screening of the documentary Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age, exploring the emotional and mental health impacts of social media and device use, followed by a panel discussion led by community leaders and youth advocates. Together, the film and conversation address online pressure, harassment, and risky behaviors while offering practical tools, trusted resources, and strategies to support healthy, informed, and safe digital choices for youth and caregivers.

Event Timing:

• - 5:15 PM – Resource Fair in The Great Hall
• - 6:00 PM – Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age Documentary screening in The Grand Theater
• - 7:00 PM – Community Leaders & Youth Panel

Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age Description:

Are you watching young people immersed in their screens — scrolling through social media, playing video games, and losing focus with ever-decreasing attention spans?

Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston faced this challenge with her own kids and screens. She questioned how this was affecting family dynamics, education, and the mental well-being of young people.

Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age takes a deeply personal and relatable approach. Delaney opens the doors to her own family life and meets with others to explore the messy struggles over social media, video games, academics, and internet addiction.

Through poignant and unexpectedly humorous stories, paired with surprising insights from leading experts, Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age reveals how screens are shaping kids’ development. Most importantly, it offers actionable solutions to help adults empower kids to navigate the digital age and find balance.

Part of The Grand's Community Health & Wellness Series, this event is free and open to the public. RSVP by adding the event to your cart.

Series Sponsors:

Series Partners:
Wausau Fire Department, Wausau Police Department, Safe Kids of Marathon County, Mental Health Collaborative, and The Kaytlyn Madison Thomas Memorial Foundation

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Tickets are not available online for this event at this time. Please contact The Grand's Ticket Office at 715-842-0988 for ticket availability information.