Turning Life On
Resource Library
Folders
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.
Bring the Pact to Your Community
A step-by-step guide for community leads: how to share the Turning Life On community pact with families at your school, reach whole grades, and keep the momentum going.
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.
Where Massachusetts Stands: Phone-Free Schools and Social Media
A two-page update on the phone-free schools and social media bills at the State House: what's on the table, why it's stalled, what Turning Life On supports, and how to help in 10 minutes or less. Last updated September 28, 2026.
Meta Settlement Briefing
Updated Sept 2026 - quick briefing on what the settlement says, what it misses, and what it means for advocacy efforts.
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.
A Holistic Approach to Keeping Tech in Check
Six pillars of digital wellness, each with the dangers to watch for and healthy strategies to try. Developed with Emerson Health.
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.
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.