Simplifying collective action to reclaim childhood
“If you delay giving your child a smartphone, it makes it easier for other parents to do so. If you give your child more independence, it makes it easier for other parents to do so too. If you do it together, with other families, it will make it easier still.”
Vision
Our vision is that every parent has the agency to shape the role technology plays in their child’s upbringing, collectively changing the community norms for childhood and shifting the focus to human connection and healthy development.
Mission
Our mission is to empower parents to reclaim their agency over how technology shapes childhood, by providing simple, effective tools that transform individual concern into collective action. We guide local, parent-led advocacy from first conversations to lasting community change, creating new norms that prioritize human connection and healthy development.
About
Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital World
We believe every parent deserves a voice in how technology shapes their child's development. Four Norms empowers you to transform individual concern into collective action that creates lasting change in your community.
Why Collective Action Matters
Speaking up alone is hard. But together, we're powerful. Four Norms connects you with other parents and provides simple, guided tools to advocate for healthier technology boundaries - whether at school, in your neighborhood, or among friend groups.
Simple Tools, Real Impact
We've streamlined advocacy by creating step-by-step playbooks that make it easy to take meaningful action, even with your busy schedule. Our platform helps you:
Connect with like-minded parents in your community
Access proven templates and resources
Track your group's progress
Create change that sticks
Join us in building communities where childhood prioritizes human connection, outdoor play, and healthy development—not screens.
FAQs
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By far the biggest strain on modern parenthood is Tech related. It’s not the only challenge, but it exacerbates most of the others. Further, Tech platforms are relentless in their pursuit of our attention. This creates a scenario where it’s very difficult for individual parents to thrive. It’s important in this moment to take action together, to reclaim our connection with our children in a digital world.
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Parents of all school-aged children who have concerns about how Technology and Social Media are impacting their family.
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That’s an understandable concern! We now you are busy. No need to worry. There is no additional action required on your part once you sign up. We securely send over your info to each of our vetted organizations to automatically sign their pledge or otherwise activate your membership. From there, the organizations with pledges (Wait Until 8th and Phone Free Schools Movement) will facilitate your community action. Other orgs will send you all of the info you need to continue your journey of a phone-free childhood.
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Of course. Visit our How It Works section to find links to learn more about each organization and solution.
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We will be adding ideas and actions soon. For now, we recommend checking out all of the great organztions listed over on The Anxious Generation website.