Smartphone Free Childhood is a grassroots movement of parents who believe that childhood is too short to be spent on a smartphone. The text below is taken directly from the Smartphone Free Childhood website:

We're on a mission to: 

• Bring parents together to start new and positive conversations about the problems of smartphones in childhood
• Empower parents to take collective action in their local communities - agreeing to delay giving their children smartphones until at least 14
• Demonstrate that parents are demanding change at scale, and therefore force the government and tech companies to act

Why we're doing this now:

We’ve been put in an impossible position by the tech companies. It’s a lose lose - either allow our children access to something all the evidence tells us is damaging, or say no and risk alienating them among their peers at a crucial stage of their social development. We believe something needs to change, and it starts with all of us.

How you can get involved - #CHANGETHENORM

• Follow us on Instagram @smartphonefreechildhood
• Sign up to our newsletter. We’ll be sharing all our plans, advice and inspiration here as the movement grows. smartphonefreechildhood.co.uk/subscribe

If you want to sign the Smartphone Free Childhood Pact, this is the link:

Smartphone Free Childhood Sign the Parent Pact

On 10th October 2024, BBC News wrote an article on this.  The link is below: