Resources for you and to share

• David Michaels: "Science for Sale: Triumph of Doubt" Paris School of Economics·May 21, 2024‍ ‍

  “It is now standard operating procedure for corporations to create and disseminate disinformation by manufacturing scientific uncertainty about potential harms caused by their products or activity” Dr David Michaels May 21, 2024, Paris School of Economics.

• Common “EdTech” Product Vetting Organizations and Their Funding Sources/partners

• Vermont data from National Assessment of Educational Progress showing Vermont Scores decline in relation to computer uptake in classrooms.

• Print book KidsBrainsandScreens.com elementary and middle school curriculum to support brain science education and how screen exposure impacts brain development. Developed by nurses, physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and teachers, independent of commercial industry interests.

• Find Community Vermont Declaration of Digital Independence

• School Board Resolution! Share with your local school board and ask them to consider passing this common sense resolution!

  Balanced Instruction Through Reduced Screen Use - Burke County Public Schools - NC & share the Granville County, NC Public Schools Tech Free Playbook for Educators if your district is curious about moving to create balance.

• Bring educational film to your community for an in-person screening Can’t Look Away Film: The Dangers of Social Media

  Fill out this form for CAN'T LOOK AWAY | Screening Application Form for a free opportunity to share this in your local library, school, place of worship or community theatre. Indicate you are part of the Smartphone Free Childhood US network when you fill out the CAN'T LOOK AWAY Screening Application Form

• Find Guidance Simplicity Parenting www.simplicityparenting.com

• What if I gave my child/teen a device/social media and now we are struggling?

  One-page printable based on work of child/adolescent psychiatrists to help caregivers frame and anticipate how to support their child to reestablish healthy attachment and reward pathways.

  How to offramp if you already gave a device.‍ ‍

  Current psychiatrists with screen time expertise who have published on this:

  • Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Victoria Dunckley

  • Addiction psychiatrist, Dr Anna Lembke

• Print a Warning Label for Social Media

• Printable independent research informed education fact sheets to share with your school leaders

• Get a Landline — Landline Kids - landlines for kids and teens support advanced executive function skills, better time management, organization and healthy independence.

NOW FOR FUN!

These images below were hand drawn by real Vermont kid artists. Look on the Postcards to Share page and print these as flyers or postcards to share in schools, libraries, restaurants, bookstores and with friends to encourage more people to join our effort!