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Resources
Advocacy
Schools Beyond Screens
Schools Beyond Screens Baltimore County (SBSBS) is a group advocating for safe and intentional tech use in the classroom. Check out the group on Facebook, and/or reach out to get involved!
SBSBS has created a petition to advocate for the reduction of screen-based learning in Baltimore County Public Schools. Click this link to access the petition for additional information and/or to join the effort in promoting safer and more effective learning environments for children.
Distraction Free Schools Maryland
Distraction Free Schools Maryland is part of a coalition of parents, educators, and school administrators united in calling for legislative action and policy changes to address the overuse of smartphones, social media, and school tech in Maryland's schools. It is a state team under the Distraction-Free Schools Policy Project.
Podcasts
Left to Their Own Devices, A podcast exploring the consequences of unsupervised internet use among children.
Deep Dive with Camilo Ortiz & Lenore Skenazy on Free Range Kids, Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Books
The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
Free Range Kids, by Lenore Skenazy
The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning -- And How to Help Them Thrive Again, by Dr. Jared Horvath
iGen, Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us, by Jean Twenge
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech Wold, by Jean Twenge
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