Turning Life On
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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.
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.
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.
Policy Priorities
EdTech Policy Priorities for Massachusetts with corresponding playbooks
TLO Family Media Plan
Guidelines to manage device use in your home. We've also included a parent script so you can explain the why. Have a conversation but remember you set the rules.