Parent-led Collective Action
Template Library
Share what works: A community-built collection of proven templates, letters and policies that have helped establish better tech boundaries for kids.
Community/Parent Pledge: Delay Smartphones and Social Media
This pledge contains 3 components: Delay Smartphones, Delay Social Media, Create Community Support Systems. You may choose to take all 3, or edit based on your community context.
Four Norms
Phone-free Schools: Package of Model Bill Legislation
Draft model Phone and Social Media Free Schools bill language suitable for sharing with your state Representatives and Senators. Drafted in collaboration with The Anxious Generation, and the USC Neely Center
Becca Schmill Foundation
School Board Public Comment Speeches in Support of Bell to Bell Phone-free Policy
These are 4 public comment speeches that were delivered to a school board over a period of 6 months in support of an “Away for the Day” cell phone policy. Includes tips to consider when addressing your school board.
Jodi Carreon
Member and Advocate, Smartphone Free Childhood
Request to Block YouTube on School Issued Devices
Sample letter from a parent to school to request blocking YouTube on individual devices
Nicki Reisberg
Advocate and Host of Scrolling 2 Death Podcast
Moving to Learn - Equipment List
List of equipment for classroom, gym and playground to get students "moving to learn"; designed by pediatric OT.
Cris Rowan/Reconnect Webinars
OT
Technology Unplug Tracking Tools
Allows schools to track individual student changes secondary to cell phone reduction or ban.
Cris Rowan/Reconnect Webinars
OT
School Screen Use Survey
Survey for schools to determine individual classroom's screen usage statistics needed for policy implementation.
Reconnect Webinars
OT
Schools Operating Safely - Child Behavioral Management Policy
10 preemptive steps to address student problematic behaviors.
Reconnect Webinars
OT
Letter of Support for Phone-free Schools Legislation
Support legislation to ensure every student in [state] accesses the benefits of a personal electronic device and social media-free school environment, prioritizing student learning, focus, social development, and emotional well-being.
Vermont Coalition for Phone- and Social Media-Free Schools
Sample Email to Parents Encouraging to Sign Delay Pledge
Use this sample email to share information about the pledge with your community of parents, PTO groups and schools.
Wait Until 8th
Sample Letter from Schools to Parents
Use our sample letter to send a memo to parents from school leadership.
The Anxious Generation
Email to Parents Inviting to Join the Movement
Send this sample email to other parents so that you can work together to roll back the phone-based childhood and restore the play-based childhood.
The Anxious Generation
School Board Presentation
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