The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay smartphones until at least the end of 8th grade. Delay social media until 16+!
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This is an incredible project: NBC News asked parents to check their kids' YouTube history during school hours — and the results show kids are spending huge chunks of the day watching videos that have nothing to do with learning
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BREAKING: Meta settles social media addiction suit with states for up to $16 billion. nbcnews.com/tech/social-medi…
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What Does a 13-Year-Old See on Snapchat in a Normal Week? afterbabel.com/p/snapchat-re…
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Two years. That's the amount of my life I've already spent on my smartphone phone. Here's what happens when I spend a month without it. usatoday.com/story/life/heal…
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The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era? theatln.tc/JeILI3Ob
🎨: The Atlantic
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“I cannot be more emphatic: This is an enormous problem that’s not getting enough attention,” said @natmalkus, a senior fellow @AEIeducation @AEI.
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The Amazing Generation is getting rave reviews from parents reporting on their kids' reactions. Kids love it, and say they no longer want a smartphone.
Here are the reviews, with one below
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Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being
An intervention found that blocking internet access on smartphones for 2 weeks improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention; 91% of participants improved on at least one of these outcomes.
Why?
Because instead of using their phone, people spent more time socializing in person, exercising, and being in nature.
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Bravo @GovMurphy! Thank you for your leadership in getting phones out of the school day for New Jersey's kids.
Based on experiences in other states we can expect learning, laughter, friendship, and library usage to increase, while discipline problems go down.
NEW: I just signed bipartisan legislation establishing a bell-to-bell ban on cell phones in K-12 schools.
This policy is a no-brainer. It will help boost academic achievement, protect the mental well-being of our students, and restore focus in our classrooms.
Schools are places for learning, socializing, and interacting – not distracting screens.
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Greg Abbott signs new Texas law banning K-12 students from using cell phones during school hours
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Teens’ trust in iPhone messages is abused by scammers who pose as girls and “sextort” teen boys. “They keep pushing until they get it all,” one dad told me. wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/s… via @WSJ
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The day your child gets a phone, is the day their childhood ends
Phones expose kids to many harmful things such as:
-Inappropriate content (p*rn, violence..)
-Social media comparisons
-Cyber bullying
But it also steals many normal & necessary childhood experiences from them
This is why so many teens & suffering from poor mental health
And why many teens wish they hadn't been given a phone so early
Let kids be kids & grow up without a smartphone
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For this season’s My Cause, My Cleats game, my shoes will represent Wait Until 8th. @WaitUntil8th is a pledge my wife Alli and I have made to wait to give our kids a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade.
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Hey parents, have you heard of @WaitUntil8th? This great program helps families prioritize their child’s mental & physical health by delaying smartphone exposure. We encourage y’all to visit their site to learn more.
waituntil8th.org
#WaitUntil8th
#ProtectYourKids
#HCSO
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Parents join 'Wait Until 8th' pledge, delaying kids use of smartphones nbc-2.com/article/wait-until…
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The new documentary "Social Studies" focuses on teens' experiences with social media. What they say is stunning: They feel liberated when they have to put their phones away at school. They would rather not have social media, but are afraid of being left out. It's a classic collective action problem. Time for action.
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Last night, our kids' school hosted an event with Brooke Shannon, the founder of @WaitUntil8th.. The goal is to have a community of parents say "not yet" to smartphones until after 8th grade so that your kid is not the only one... we signed!
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EXCLUSIVE: Instagram CEO @mosseri talks about the app's new "Teen Accounts" experience, which is aimed at users under 18: “They are an automatic set of protections for teens that try to address the top concerns that we've heard from parents about teens online.”