The film was filled with information that boggled my mind. Did you know that in eight states and the District of Columbia, domestic violence is considered a “pre-existing” condition? Women can be denied health care because they were beaten by their husbands or partners. Did you know that 65% of women and girls have an eating disorder or that women spend $12,000-15,000 a year on beauty and spa products?

Neither did I. At Freedom Institute, part of our job is to make parents, educators and students aware of things that can hurt adolescents. We have operated a prevention education and counseling program in Manhattan Independent Schools for twenty years. We want to help kids before they turn to drugs or alcohol for self-medication. 

We want them to never need us. 

For information about the Freedom Institute Preventative School Program, contact Kathryn Crosby at kathryn.crosby@freedominstitute.org. For information about Common Sense Media, a not-for profit organization that teaches educators, parents and children about how to be responsible digital citizens and consumers go to www.commonsensemedia.org. For information about Miss Representation, go to missrepresentation.org.

Watch the film or sponsor a screening. Become conscious of the messages we are sending to all our children