Chasing Childhood is a feature length documentary that explores how free play and independence have all but disappeared from kids' lives, supplanted by relentless perfectionism and record high anxiety and depression. What is lost goes well beyond our idyllic conceptions of childhood past. Free play, unsupervised by adults, is critical for developing essential life skills: grit, independence, and resourcefulness. Many young adults appear more accomplished on paper, but by the time they get to college they are struggling, and lacking the emotional tools to be more independent. The film explores how helicopter parenting became the norm in many communities across the United States and interweaves potential solutions to letting go and empowering our kids. The film features 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. Rated 100% FRESH on Rotten Tomatoes! Tickets: $8 Members/$10 Non-Members