What is this all about?

Will you be joining us?

Signed up so far:

21 households totalling 74 people

Some of your comments:

“So good to be joining with others to do this, may be very hard for one of our teenagers who struggles particularly to leave social media“

“We’re all on screens way too much. My son will particularly struggle as screens are his go-to activity and he struggles to engage with other stuff”

“The same as everyone else probably – screens are ‘down time’ for our family, but we also enjoy other things so definitely worth trying!”

“I think this is an exceptional idea and presented as a very light, easy going, proactive approach to being present in the world.”

“The idea of a movement when tech is parked for a set time is fantastic – so I like the idea of kind of clocking up hours invested in other things”

“It’s not great that our devices become a fall-back for us any time we have a quiet moment”

“We all need to put our phones down to regain some balance and give our brains a break. Adults need to role model this to children.”

“I teach computing and often tell the children that I spend way too much time on my phone/ in front a laptop or watching the TV. That there is always something on in the house filling my head with mindless distractions. My husband will always tell friends how I’m always on my phone (he is too BTW!) I think it will be great to just have time to take a break, check in with each other etc but the ‘hold’ screens have on many people will be hard to break. Pretty much everything is screen based now- emails, texts, entertainment etc which unfortunately means that many people bring their work home with them- including during holiday times. “I’ll just send him a quick email/ text about this.” “I know you are on holiday but……”

“I think it would be a great idea to log how many screen filled hours you do at the start and then screen free hours after- so you can see the progress made. This could lead to virtual badges celebrating milestones. Though, it would rely on people being honest.”