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

Delay Smartphones Delay 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

School Board Public Comment Speeches in Support of Bell to Bell Phone-free Policy

Delay Smartphones

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

Sample Email to Parents Encouraging to Sign Delay Pledge

Delay Smartphones Delay Social Media

Use this sample email to share information about the pledge with your community of parents, PTO groups and schools.

Wait Until 8th

Email to Parents Inviting to Join the Movement

Delay Smartphones Delay Social Media

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