Helpful material
Agreement on the Use of Smartphones and Social Media
“But EVERYONE in the class has a phone!”
It’s hard to be the only parent who forbids their child from having a smartphone and using social media. This can only work if parents stand together, and the younger the child, the better.
Here is a draft agreement that parents can make with each other so that more children in the class are also without smartphones and social media.
Parents and parent associations are welcome to modify the document as needed.
The Anxious Generation - Let's stand together and reduce children's screen use
An Icelandic Facebook group dedicated to reducing children’s screen time and social media usage.
Books and reading material
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Author - Jonathan Haidt
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Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow
Author - Lenore Skenazy
Research and data
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Media Committee - Media literacy in Iceland
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The Anxious Generation - research and data
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World Health Organization - Wellbeing Index
Helping tool for phone addiction
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The Balance Phone – a smartphone that allows you to enjoy all the great technological solutions available, while avoiding the negative and addictive.