Panel Discussion: Untangling EdTech with Jared Cooney Horvath & Inge Esping I was invited by Smartphone Free Childhood US to participate in its expert series.

I joined neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath and principal Inge Esping for a panel on what the evidence says about edtech and what schools can do about it.

🎥 Watch the full discussion: walledgardenedu.substack.com/p/panel-disc...

#EdTech #SmartphoneFreeChildhood #DigitalDelusion #SchoolReform

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This is not defendable. This is nothing to do with free speech, democracy or whatever else gets mentioned to justify the abuse of an entire generation. We need a #smartphonefreechildhood for all children and #safeonlinespaces for teens. Big tech cannot be trusted to deliver that […]

Woman looking after children, focused on her smartphone. Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash.

In my piece for @theroompsy.bsky.social, I capture the quiet reality of how #screens shape our days, invisibly stealing from us... and our children. It's a quick read, so please dive in and leave a comment with your thoughts.
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#SmartphoneFreeChildhood #ScreenTime #ScreenTimeAwareness

Email your MP about raising the social media age to 16

#smartphonefreechildhood #socialmediafreechildhood smartphonefreechildhood.eaction.org.uk/raise-the-age

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#ooh #outofhome #advertising #oohmedia #oohadvertising #advertisingphotography

Our county's already very active #SmartphoneFreeChildhood crowd is increasingly turning its attention to the risks of widespread AI deployment in schools - with good reason, one might say, in the face of this kind of evidence...

Pumped after giving a presentation on #smartphonefreechildhood at my daughter's school today. Great attendance and discussion!

Not surprising that it feels so much better to connect to people IRL about this (and probably more impactful) than to rant on social media about it.

Events Archive - SFC SA Events Archive - SFC SA

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#Parents join our #EdTech Dilemma live chat! Ask your tech-in-schools questions and get expert tips, 1st Oct 7–8PM SAST. Sign up to feel empowered! #EdTechDilemma #Parenting #OnlineSafety #ZAedu #smartphonefreechildhood

Spring(ing) into action 🌸 It's a fresh season, with fresh energy so let’s make it count!

open.substack.com/pub/sfcsouth... #smartphonefreechildhood

I was relieved last week when I discovered that my kids’ school is now a mobile phone free school. One less battle to fight! #smartphonefreechildhood #malmö #smartphones

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Seriously powerful stuff from The Australian newspaper: teens know they are addicted to their phones and want to get off them, but need help. As adults we have a duty to allow a #smartphonefreechildhood for the space for children to breathe and grow away from fear, constant comparisons and […]

Fellow parents are sharing this link: https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/ Probably a good idea. Maybe I can get behind that. #SmartPhoneFreeChildhood But I find myself distracted by... "Join on WhatsApp" + Instagram & LinkedIn. Depressing the way nobody (even people running an

How to Protect Kids from Porn 5 Layers that Prepare Our Kids for a Mature Digital World

Protecting kids online matters now more than ever. Jonathan Haidt shares practical steps for parents, educators, and policymakers to keep children safer from explicit online content. #DigitalSafety #smartphonefreechildhood

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Smartphone Free Childhood We’re united for childhood: Join the growing movement of parents who believe childhood’s too short to be spent on a smartphone.

Pleased me kids' schools have signed up to #smartphonefreechildhood.

I hope others follow suit: www.smartphonefreechildhood.org?ref=dispatch...

And if we're clear that they're harmful to kids why not adults? I've been #smartphonefree for 10 months and never felt better

Just received a letter from the school supporting #smartphonefreechildhood and #delaysmartphones

No mention of any exemptions for medical use, like as part of insulin therapy type 1 diabetes.

It might be that such reasonable adjustments are obviously exempt.

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Smartphone Free Basingstoke Basingstoke schools - working together - changing culture - reclaiming childhood - improving futures

YES Basingstoke! www.smartphonefreebasingstoke.org #SmartphoneFreeChildhood

Superheroes & Villains – Offline Kids

New activity!

"Superheroes & Villains" 🦸🏽‍♀️ 🦹

Let kids become their favourite heroes—or invent their own! A high-energy role-play game that explores bravery, teamwork, and creative problem-solving.

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#parenting #smartphonefreechildhood #screenfree

‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s? It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about t...

“When you’re ready for your child to stop being a child, give them a smartphone”

We face a mammoth task as a society trying to reduce smartphone use in children, but I not only think it's possible, I think it's a societal necessity.

#smartphonefreechildhood

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“Please let your children know you are monitoring their digital communication. It is not intrusive — it is loving and supportive”

V sensible messaging from my children’s primary school ahead of the holidays.
I particularly agree with:
“Please let your children know you are monitoring their digital communication. It is not intrusive — it is loving and supportive”
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Das Kind vom Smartphone lösen? Die Briten haben ihre eigene Strategie Smartphones gelangen heute immer früher in Kinderhände. Eine britische Elterninitiative wehrt sich jetzt dagegen – mit großem Erfolg

Spoke with the founders of the brilliant parent initiative #smartphonefreechildhood www.stern.de/politik/ausl...