Get Things Moving: everything you need to get other parents on board

Lots of parents would rather wait on smartphones. The hard part is knowing how to bring other families with you. Our free new tool shows you exactly where to start, and what to share next.

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The easiest way to delay smartphones is to do it with other families at your school, so no child is the only one without.

Get Things Moving is a free web tool from Smartphone Free Childhood that helps you make that happen. You find your school, see how many families have already signed the Parent Pact, and choose the stage you’re at.

You then get ready-to-share WhatsApp messages, short films and tips for your next step. It brings together everything we’ve learned from nearly three years of helping parents in thousands of school communities.

How does Get Things Moving work?

1. Find your school. See how many families have already signed the Parent Pact, our promise to wait on smartphones until at least 14 and social media until 16.
2. Pick what you want to do. Choose the stage you’re at.
3. Share the next step. You’ll see a handful of things worth sharing. Most go straight into your class WhatsApp group in one tap.

What are the stages?

There are six, so you can start wherever you are:

• Just getting started: gentle ways to open the conversation
• Testing the water: an anonymous class poll and whole-school survey to see how other parents feel
• Sharing what helps: films, tools and explainers to share
• Talking to kids: help for families having the conversation at home
• Delaying together: everything you need to sign the Parent Pact as a group
• Hitting breakthrough: bringing the last few families on board

Why does breakthrough matter? Research on how change spreads suggests that once about a quarter of families are in, waiting starts to feel normal.

What else is inside?

Check your school’s leaderboard to see how you’re doing. Pact tips shares the things we wish we’d known at the start, like what a “magic month” is.

Who is it for?

Any parent who wants more families at their school to delay smartphones. You don’t need to be a School Organiser, and like everything we do, it’s completely free. Add it to your phone’s home screen so it’s there whenever you need it.
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