Virtual Futures – Screens are killing children, and it’s not a slow death
The ways in which we are raising and educating children with screen technologies are not sustainable. Current levels of screen overuse are resulting children who are sedentary, isolated, neglected and overstimulated leading to early death, poor relationships and failure to work. We are losing a whole generation of children to screens.
Beyond the Screen – Big Tech Healing Humanity?
We’ve all been there…that virtual hole. Dark, alluring, endlessly entertaining. We feel comforted, relaxed, at ease in our chosen haven, at first. Then after hours and hours of being engaged in mindless, meaningless content, we start to feel sick, lonely, anxious, agitated.
Cell Phone Bans in Schools – Too Little Too Late? Preparatory Steps Included
In Canada, 6 out of 10 provinces and territories boast cell phone bans, but what does that really mean? The word “ban” is defined as “officially or legally prohibit” yet in practice, Canadian schools are defining and enforcing cell phone bans however they choose.
ParentsSOS (Parents for Safe Online Spaces)
Fairplay and David’s Legacy Foundation launched a new initiative called ParentsSOS (Parents for Safe Online Spaces). Our new ParentsSOS site features the stories of twenty families who have lost their children to social media harms.
Unsustainable – 66 primary and secondary impacts of screen-based technologies on children
What children need to grow and succeed they are not getting. We have failed a whole generation of children in so many ways. It is beyond the time to pull our collective heads out of the sand and take a good hard look at the harm screens cause.