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Reconnect Checklist
3 age groups. 3 lists. Easy ways to get kids off their devices and connecting with themselves, each other and nature.
Your Consent Counts
Most schools ask for your consent to your child's internet and device use, often buried in an annual form. Here's how to find it, give it with conditions, decline it, or take it back. Includes letter templates.
Reconnecting in Real Life Matters
Busy kids don't miss their screens. The science of face-to-face connection, conversation and free play, plus the Big Rocks, easy everyday ideas and ways to bring your community together.
Why Wait
More childhood before the smartphone. Why so many families are choosing to wait on smartphones until high school and social media until 16, what to say when safety comes up, and how to make waiting easier, together.
What Parents Need to Know About AI
Powerful, and unsafe for kids. What AI is, from chatbots and companions to AI built into everyday apps, what the research says, why it matters for kids, and what families, schools and communities can do about it.
Why Distraction-Free Learning Matters
What the research says about phones and screens during the school day, what Massachusetts schools are already seeing, and what families can do.
Values-Based Parenting
Five practices that help kids build an inner compass for a digital world, from cultivating inner resources to modeling fully human living.
Screen Time Recommendations by Stage
What kids are developing at every age, what they need from you, and where screens fit, from birth through high school. Includes a one-page summary.
Where We Stand on Tech
Our platform: age-by-age guidance on phones, social media, gaming, school technology and AI, grounded in child development, holistic health and values-based parenting.
What Is Addictive Design?
It's not you. It's the design. How apps and games are built to capture attention, what the research shows, and what families, schools and communities can do about it.
Slow Tech at Home: A Family Guide
Simple habits, phone settings and router settings that help your family use technology on purpose. Includes five family steps, how-to settings for iPhone and Android, and a printable fridge checklist.
How Students get around Filters and What to tell IT
Kids finding workarounds isn’t a reason to abandon defaults, filtering, or device restrictions — it’s part of why layered guardrails matter in the first place. Use this guide to feel informed, so the district doesn’t have to explain the basics before you can get to the actual ask. You don’t need to understand the technology deeply — you just need to know what to ask, and what a good answer sounds like.