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MINDFUL TECH USE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
Empowering Parents With Resources & Community to Navigate Personal Device Use Safely & Responsibly In Their Families
As fellow CFSD parents, we are deeply concerned about the mental health effects of early smartphone and social media use on our children, with rising rates of depression, anxiety, and poor academic performance.
Yet, we feel unwavering pressure to give our children access to smartphones at early ages so their peers do not ostracise them. What if there were a better way to approach this impossible predicament?
Through Tech Aware Parents (TAP), we aim to empower families with resources and a supportive community to make informed technology choices. By forging an open forum community, we provide parents with a safe sounding board and effective methods to delay smartphone and social media use for our children.
Thanks for being here!
Jennifer, Laura and Reagan
SOBERING STATS
OUR MISSION
As fellow CFSD parents, we are deeply concerned about the mental health effects of early smartphone and social media use on our children, with rising rates of depression, anxiety, and poor academic performance.
Yet, we feel unwavering pressure to give our children access to smartphones at early ages so their peers do not ostracise them. What if there were a better way to approach this impossible predicament?
Through Tech Aware Parents (TAP), we aim to empower families with resources and a supportive community to make informed technology choices. By forging an open forum community, we provide parents with a safe sounding board and effective methods to delay smartphone and social media use for our children.
Thanks for being here!
Jennifer, Laura and Reagan
*Survey is open until March 23, 2025
WHAT TEACHERS THINK
*The following are key findings from a nationwide poll of 2,889 educators who are members of the National Education Association.
How disruptive is students’ use of cellphones/personal devices during instructional time for you?
73%
said "Disruptive"
Phones are used between classes
47%
said "Disruptive"
Phones are kept but not allowed to be out
28%
said "Disruptive"
Phones are stored away
What type of school policy do you support on cell phones/personal devices?
31%
said "Support"
Individual educators decide and enforce policy (teachers)
83%
said "Support"
Prohibited phone use during the entire school day
IN THE NEWS
L.A. Schools Implement District-Wide Cellphone Ban
February 18, 2025
The Los Angeles Unified School District's sweeping ban on cellphones, smartwatches, and smart glasses in classrooms took effect Tuesday, marking a significant shift in the district's approach to technology management.
This past June, the LAUSD board ruled to ban students' use of cell phones and...
More States Are Moving to Ban Cellphones at School. Should They?
February 6, 2025
Tim Callahan’s view on cellphones has changed over the course of his career as an educator.
When he was the technology director for the North Adams district in Massachusetts, Callahan said he never would have supported a ban on cellphones...
Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
January 16, 2025
Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’ cellphones need to be banned during the school day....
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