Create device-free zones at home with our new printables!
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✓ Create device-free zones at home with our new printables!
A great way to avoid tech overuse at home is to make it clear that certain spaces and times are device-free. With your family, decide which activities to keep intentionally IRL - so you avoid the slippery slope from IRL to URL that too easily happens when phones and devices are accessible.
4 spaces/times to keep device free!
We've picked 4 activities that tend to be the most disrupted by device use AND give the biggest bang for the buck when kept device-free. Which do you want to make device-free in your home? Use our new printables to make these boundaries clear and easier to maintain!
Protect sleep!
Digital devices in the bedroom disrupt sleep. Set up a communal charging station in a central place (not a bedroom) and use this printable to support device-free sleep in your home!
Preserve family time!
Digital devices too easily disrupt family time - during meals or while trying to make time together meaningful. Get a container and use this printable to remind family members when it’s time for IRL, not URL! You can even use this to enforce no double screens during family movie night!
Protect play time!
Keeping playdates, social gatherings, and sleepovers device-free at your home is one actionable way to preserve IRL time for play and connection! Let visitors know that you put kids’ devices away while at your home.
Make car rides ideal for talking!
If phones are off and put away, kids often start sharing what’s on their mind while in the car. Phones too easily erode this unique opportunity for conversation and connection with you (the driver) or friends (if a carpool). Even looking out the window or listening to a podcast together are great uses of daily car rides.
Download & Print the Bundle!
Find some containers around your house - shoe boxes, baskets, Tupperware or empty plastic bins. Download the whole bundle and start setting up device-free spaces in your home. The printables are FREE and the result will be priceless!
Spread the word!
It's easier to change tech norms if we take action together, as a community. Invite your friends and family to do the same and make it the norm to put personal devices away on playdates, at the dinner table and when going to bed! Who could you share this blog with and say, "Hey, want to do this with me?"
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