Resources
Curated books, documentaries, and tools to help you navigate digital media with your family.
Learning
Books, documentaries, and research to help you understand the challenges of kids and digital media.
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
Dr. Alok Kanojia
A psychiatrist and gamer shares practical strategies for parents.
Glow Kids
Nicholas Kardaras
How screen addiction is hijacking our kids and how to break the trance.
Reset Your Child's Brain
Victoria Dunckley, MD
A four-week plan to end meltdowns, raise grades, and boost social skills.
The Social Dilemma
Netflix Documentary
Tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking.
Childhood 2.0
Bark Technologies
Explores the challenges children face growing up in the digital age.
Screenagers
Delaney Ruston, MD
A documentary about the impact of screen time on child development.
The Whole-Brain Child
Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
A neuroscience-based guide to helping children develop emotional regulation, resilience, and integration through connection and clear limits.
No-Drama Discipline
Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Practical tools for setting firm boundaries without shame or punishment. Focuses on discipline as teaching rather than control.
The Self-Driven Child
William Stixrud & Ned Johnson
How supporting autonomy and reducing control builds motivation, confidence, and mental health — especially in teens.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen
Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
A classic communication framework for validating emotions while maintaining clear expectations and boundaries.
Healthy Children
American Academy of Pediatrics
Evidence-based medical guidance on healthy discipline, emotional development, and child wellbeing.
Coordination & Agreements
Boundaries work best when families coordinate together. These resources help you connect with other parents and build shared agreements.
Wait Until 8th
waituntil8th.org
A pledge for parents to delay smartphones until at least 8th grade.
Fairplay
fairplayforkids.org
Advocating for childhood free from commercialism and surveillance.
The Collective Action Problem
Key Research
Individual families struggle to set boundaries when they believe others aren't. When parents coordinate, they're far more successful—and their children feel less isolated.
ScreenSense Kids IRL
screensense.org
A Marin County-wide coordinated effort to roll out tech more slowly, protect childhood, and reclaim time for real-life connection and play.
Technical & Emotional Support
Practical tools for managing devices and guidance for the emotional dimensions of technology use in families.
Tech Tools
Apple Screen Time
Built-in iOS/macOS
Native parental controls for Apple devices including app limits and content filtering.
Google Family Link
Built-in Android
Parental controls for Android devices with location tracking and app management.
Bark
bark.us
Monitors texts, social media, and email for potential safety concerns.
Common Sense Media
commonsensemedia.org
Reviews and age-ratings for media and technology.
Coaching & Parenting Tools
Mika Ross
Parenting Coach
Coaching focused on connection, boundaries, and practical discipline systems that support both parents and children.
Good Inside
Dr. Becky Kennedy
Online parenting membership offering scripts, workshops, and coaching grounded in warmth + firm boundaries.
Raising Good Humans
Aliza Pressman
Podcast and resources focused on building emotional regulation, resilience, and healthy structure at home.
Janet Lansbury
Respectful Parenting
Resources and coaching on calm authority, respectful parenting, and clear boundaries — especially for younger children.
Aha! Parenting
Laura Markham
Courses and coaching centered on peaceful discipline, emotional coaching, and strong parent-child connection.
Love and Logic
Parenting Program
Structured, consequence-based parenting programs that teach responsibility while preserving relationship.
IRL (In Real Life)
The best alternative to screens is real-world connection. Resources for coordinating outdoor play, offline activities, and community events.
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