Tools for change
Our curated resource library provides evidence-based strategies and tools for keeping tech in check.
Explore our resources:
Turning Life On Resources
Parent education materials
Social Media & Youth: What Families Need to Know
Values-Based Parenting in a Digital World
TLO Playbooks
Spark a movement and keep it ignited with our playbooks. We help you grow your community from you to a team to a force.
Why we’re using Four Norms
Four Norms community hub is a great way to share information with your community members through email and a community-specific message board.
Holistic Approach to Keeping Tech in Check
Keeping Tech in Check is the ongoing process of improving well-being through the responsible and intentional use of technology, at appropriate ages. It addresses how to enhance wellness in online and offline settings in order to achieve agency and flourish in today’s digital age.
Smartphone Tips for Modern Parents
In today's digital age, smartphones and devices connect us in unprecedented ways. From texting and FaceTime to social media platforms, information is constantly at our fingertips. But with this connectivity comes the challenge: How do we help our children balance their digital lives?
Mental Health and Devices: Suggestions & Solutions for Families
Healthy tech habits don’t just happen—they’re taught, modeled, and practiced. Use these suggestions as part of your Family Media Plan. Talk with your kids about why using tech with intentionality matters. When they understand the reasoning, they’re more likely to follow the rules.
Good Parenting in the Digital Age
Parenting today can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to. Start by thinking about what good parenting has always meant: building strong, trusting relationships. When kids feel safe talking to you, they’re more likely to listen.
Screen Recommendations
If you’re wondering what skills your child is developing and what you can do to maximize that development, we’ve got you covered! Years and years of research on how kids develop at each age and stage has guided these screen time recommendations.
Philosophical Platform
From when kids should get phones to how kids should spend their time, we’ve consulted cutting edge research, child development stages, holistic health and values-based parenting strategies to create a platform on where we stand on the issues.
Family Media Plans
All families should have a current family media plan. With guidelines in place, you have a launching pad for open and honest conversations about media use which are vital to raising tech-savvy kids.
Smartphone Alternatives
With landlines mostly a thing of the past, parents are seeking ways to get in touch with their kids, even as they choose to delay smartphone ownership. This is a very real need. And we support this need to communicate.
Reducing Screen Time
We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Meghan Owenz of screenfreeparenting.com, at the Screen Time Action Network Conference in April. She encourages parents to consider "The Big Rocks."
Why Delay Smartphone Use?
Our public promise helps to reduce the social pressure to have a smartphone by making smartphones the exception, not the rule. Viable alternatives to smartphones already exist in the market.