Here is the paradox...there is no more motivated a force I know of than parents. We, as a tribe, care for our kids beyond words. And, yet, how often do we see parents speaking out for our children as a united front? We see student activism but where is the parent activism?
This is a moment in time when we can come together for a major cause. Last week we launched Away For The Day, an initiative to get parents to speak up and get involved in changing cell phone policies in middle schools so phones are put away and our students can learn and socialize more productively. We received more than 2,000 pledges of support—which was great but we need to let so many other parents know.
Can you help us grow the cause? If so, please go to Away For The Day and pledge (if you haven’t already), and forward this email to 5 friends asking them to do the same. **When people pledge they also will see all the free resources.
I am a big believer in guiding change based on solid research and this initiative is indeed based on data. I am reminded of the singer, Bono, whose organization, ONE, works to reduce global poverty. Bono calls himself a “Factivist.”
Here is one example of a parent activist who contacted us to share how the website is helping him make changes:
Tom Henriod, a father of four, in Salt Lake City, UT is leading the charge to get cell phones out of the schools in his district. “I have had meaningful correspondence with the principal and assistant principal and the materials on “Away for the Day” address well their concerns associated with the difficulty of enacting a policy, namely, clear messaging about the policy to parents, faculty, administration and students as well as clear policy examples and enforcement procedures.”
For this TTT, talk with your children about ways parents work to be change makers. Here are some questions to get you started.
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Here is the paradox...there is no more motivated a force I know of than parents. We, as a tribe, care for our kids beyond words. And, yet, how often do we see parents speaking out for our children as a united front? We see student activism but where is the parent activism?
This is a moment in time when we can come together for a major cause. Last week we launched Away For The Day, an initiative to get parents to speak up and get involved in changing cell phone policies in middle schools so phones are put away and our students can learn and socialize more productively. We received more than 2,000 pledges of support—which was great but we need to let so many other parents know.
Can you help us grow the cause? If so, please go to Away For The Day and pledge (if you haven’t already), and forward this email to 5 friends asking them to do the same. **When people pledge they also will see all the free resources.
I am a big believer in guiding change based on solid research and this initiative is indeed based on data. I am reminded of the singer, Bono, whose organization, ONE, works to reduce global poverty. Bono calls himself a “Factivist.”
Here is one example of a parent activist who contacted us to share how the website is helping him make changes:
Tom Henriod, a father of four, in Salt Lake City, UT is leading the charge to get cell phones out of the schools in his district. “I have had meaningful correspondence with the principal and assistant principal and the materials on “Away for the Day” address well their concerns associated with the difficulty of enacting a policy, namely, clear messaging about the policy to parents, faculty, administration and students as well as clear policy examples and enforcement procedures.”
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Here is the paradox...there is no more motivated a force I know of than parents. We, as a tribe, care for our kids beyond words. And, yet, how often do we see parents speaking out for our children as a united front? We see student activism but where is the parent activism?
This is a moment in time when we can come together for a major cause. Last week we launched Away For The Day, an initiative to get parents to speak up and get involved in changing cell phone policies in middle schools so phones are put away and our students can learn and socialize more productively. We received more than 2,000 pledges of support—which was great but we need to let so many other parents know.
Can you help us grow the cause? If so, please go to Away For The Day and pledge (if you haven’t already), and forward this email to 5 friends asking them to do the same. **When people pledge they also will see all the free resources.
I am a big believer in guiding change based on solid research and this initiative is indeed based on data. I am reminded of the singer, Bono, whose organization, ONE, works to reduce global poverty. Bono calls himself a “Factivist.”
Here is one example of a parent activist who contacted us to share how the website is helping him make changes:
Tom Henriod, a father of four, in Salt Lake City, UT is leading the charge to get cell phones out of the schools in his district. “I have had meaningful correspondence with the principal and assistant principal and the materials on “Away for the Day” address well their concerns associated with the difficulty of enacting a policy, namely, clear messaging about the policy to parents, faculty, administration and students as well as clear policy examples and enforcement procedures.”
For this TTT, talk with your children about ways parents work to be change makers. Here are some questions to get you started.
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
This year, millions of students are experiencing a major shift: school days without phones, smartwatches, or other personal devices. Today we explore the wins, hurdles, and solutions helping schools succeed. We also share our resources that you can use to support technology policy changes in your schools.
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I recently sat down with middle school principal Zach at his school in Washington State. We talked about the challenges Zach and his team faced in his early years as principal when students used phones during school, and how he brought about a powerful transformation by having phones and smartwatches put away in locked pouches for the whole school day. In today’s blog, to raise awareness of the challenges, I share five real examples from Zach of the troubling ways students use phones at school to be unkind.
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It is with great pleasure that I share with you today a piece that Lisa Tabb and I did for Jonathan Haidt's (Author of The Anxious Generation) and researcher Zack Rausch's Substack blog — After Babel. In it, we discuss the rise in use of smartwatches in elementary schools and the problems they pose. There is a real cost to arming (pun intended) our kids with these devices and sending them to school. Now is the time to stop and fully address this topic and ensure that schools become smartwatch and phone-free.
READ MORE >for more like this, DR. DELANEY RUSTON'S NEW BOOK, PARENTING IN THE SCREEN AGE, IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PARENTS. WITH INSIGHTS ON SCREEN TIME FROM RESEARCHERS, INPUT FROM KIDS & TEENS, THIS BOOK IS PACKED WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO START AND SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.
