The Anxious Generation: From Book Themes to WPS practice. by Jason Levene

ngrazado — 2025-08-20 00:14:02 UTC

Modeling healthy usage and viewing during appropriate times

2025-08-20 00:14:07 UTC

Locking up Phones and not allowing them to be out.

2025-08-20 00:14:38 UTC

Adding more collaborative projects/assignments to encourage peer to peer conversations

ngrazado — 2025-08-20 00:14:56 UTC

At HS for example during Back to School, can highlight data/facts from the book in presenting ideas to parents.

2025-08-20 00:15:13 UTC

Allow students to resolve conflicts instead of immediately intervening

2025-08-20 00:15:17 UTC

Modeling positive use of technology and no phone use.

2025-08-20 00:15:26 UTC

Creating and enforcing a strict cell phone policy that is consistent across the district at each level.

2025-08-20 00:15:36 UTC

Designated tech free days (no chromebooks)

2025-08-20 00:16:00 UTC

Modeling by example - teacher phones away during class.

2025-08-20 00:16:04 UTC

Encourage more play between students with limited adult interference.

2025-08-20 00:16:04 UTC

Talk about it in newsletters from not just teachers, but also from administrators regularly - Slogan"Put Down the Phones" could be a headliner - and monthly we could do a challenge like "put down your phones at dinner" and maybe have parents sign off on it.

2025-08-20 00:16:05 UTC

Communication with parents and allow for education (book club for parents) and potential buy in

kescobar10 — 2025-08-20 00:16:34 UTC

Teaching grounding and mindfulness practices at all levels

ngrazado — 2025-08-20 00:16:37 UTC

Create collaborative experiences through conversation for projects/assignments

2025-08-20 00:16:52 UTC

Encourage the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA to have cell phone free periods of play.

2025-08-20 00:16:57 UTC

Adjusting schedules to increase unstructured play/socialization time (e.g. recess)

ngrazado — 2025-08-20 00:17:17 UTC

Partnership with Wait until 8th

2025-08-20 00:17:23 UTC

WPS can implement a cell phone policy that does not allow students to have a personal cell phone with them during school hours.

2025-08-20 00:17:33 UTC

Provide practical types in school newsletters such as no screen time after 8pm or screen-free family meals

2025-08-20 00:18:31 UTC

Middle School /High School - Some kind of unstructured social free time needs to be added where they can practice their skills along with the no cell phone policy CONSISTENTLY. Even if it's 15 minutes. but this starts all the way down in Pre-K where we need to work on those social skills and FREE play and time.

kescobar10 — 2025-08-20 00:18:34 UTC

Disseminate information/ data to parents in multiple formats.

2025-08-20 00:19:38 UTC

Morning meeting challenges of what is one screen-free thing you did with your family or friends this week

2025-08-20 00:19:41 UTC

Teaching students how to use a phone in a healthy way and encourage students to bring what they learn home.

2025-08-20 00:19:53 UTC

Forums can be held on the importance of cell phone use and their impact on child development and the importance of unstructured play. Additional forums around topics including parenting and building confidence in children through limiting cell phone use.

kescobar10 — 2025-08-20 00:19:57 UTC

Encourage all stakeholders (school committee/ admin/ teachers/parents) to join in their own book club.

2025-08-20 00:21:21 UTC

We calculate our screen time and reflect on the years of our lives on our phones. We also read many articles in ELA on the topic

2025-08-20 00:24:59 UTC

Create a task force/committee of educators at different levels who are working on comprehensive solutions for the district

2025-08-20 00:25:48 UTC

Try to incorporate unstructured play whenever I can (indoor recess) and have more board games to promote conflict resolution, turn taking, etc.

2025-08-20 00:27:51 UTC

I do think bell to bell collection is possible without 'yonder' pouches. I also think incentives could motivate HS students to go phone free for full days; I'm thinking privileges and rewards.