Resources
When we all started using smartphones, we had little understanding of the impact they have on children and teenagers. Now we do. The evidence is overwhelming, and we need to act, now.
We’ve been working on some guides and resources that can help.
For Parents
- How do we talk to each other about this?
- Tips for talking to schools
- Introduce SFC or the pact to your class WhatsApp group
- Introduce SFC to your primary school head
- Introduce the Parent Pact to your primary school head
- Send a letter to your high school head
- Printable flyers
- Parent-to-parent survey template
- Supporting docs for your school meeting
- Slides & talking points to adapt to your needs
- Dr Becky’s 5 Strategies for Parents to Free the Anxious Generation
- Sign The SFC Parent Pact
- Sign the petition for phone-free schools in SA
For Schools
- 7 Core Values for Tech in the Classroom
- Share the pact with your parent body
- Printable flyers
- Smartphone-Free Schools Guide for primary school leaders (SFC UK)
- Smartphone-Free Schools Guide for secondary school leaders (SFC UK)
- Phone-Free Schools Administrator Toolkit, to help schools move to a smartphone-free academic day.
- SFC Survey results of Cape Town parents.
More school resources are COMING SOON!
We don’t have all the answers! These guides are simply our favourites and there are many more tools online to help you!
