SIGN THE

PLEDGE

Commit to joining like-minded PEOPLE

to create a collective action army

By signing the IRL Kids Pledge, you agree to:

1) Delay giving your children a smartphone until high school

2) Delay allowing your children access to social media until age 16

3) Encourage more independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world

4) Support phone-free schools

As parents and kids sign the pledge, their approximate location will be added to the IRL Kids Locations Map, allowing members to get a sense of how many IRL Kids comrades are in their area.

Because we all need a REAL childhood. - Jessica L.

Because I want to protect my kids from the dangers of smart phones and social media and allow them to have radical, free-range childhood! Just the way it should be. - Brittany C.

I want my kids to be normal. - Cassy N.

Kids don’t need more screens! Let them learn from books!! - Elizabeth S.

We’ve always leaned heavily in this direction but never had the evidence based data to back it. - Jenn A.

I want my kids to have a childhood outside of phones and spare them from the addiction that can start so young! Go IRLKIDS!!! - Whitney A.

My 11 year old does not have a phone and I’m delaying as long as possible! I’d love to all parents to do the same. So much better for their childhood!! - Krystal H.

We absolutely believe in reclaiming a child’s right to a healthy childhood free of devices! - Meghan B.

WHY ARE OTHERS SIGNING THE PLEDGE?

Real thoughts from real people who care about the health and wellbeing of kids, just like you do.

Because I was at the first meeting for IRL Kids and I believe in it. Booya! - Nate L.

I want better for my kids! - Cherish P.

I believe in reclaiming the play-based childhood and protecting my children's mental health. I believe that this approach will set them up to succeed as adults and become self-sufficient, confident, hard-working adults in society. - Britany L.

I agree wholeheartedly in delaying social media and the use of phones in school. We need to protect our kids growing minds. Love this movement and wish I had this to sign 5 years ago! - Jessica C.

I have seen how bad social media can be for older kids and would love to help stop it. - Megan J.

SO onboard for this. I would love to give my kids a beautiful childhood full of play and fun and unmarred by social media and an excess in screens. So excited to joint this movement! - Lyndsey R.

We need more powerful kids in the world. By powerful, I mean kids that believe in themselves no matter the circumstances. In my research, I have found that this is fostered by face-to-face social interactions with other people, and technology is robbing that time from children and parents. To create change it takes massive action. I choose to align with families with kids who support the best principles. - Preston W.

Kids do not need social media. - Kelsie B.

Love this idea of letting kids be kids. What they don’t know in the world or in their friends lives on social media won’t hurt them. - Taryn W.

I wholeheartedly believe in this mission! - Brooke W.

Loved the book and am totally on board to implement the four points into our lives. I truly believe that giving kids freedom to make their own choices will create kids that are confident in themselves & their judgment. Hopefully that confidence will lead to less turmoil during those awkward teenage years, thus creating a pretty kick-a adult. - Kyndall Y.

I support this because I too want to protect my children from social media and the harm phones and electronics can do to our children. - Kylie L.

Kids don't need phones! They need to learn to interact together instead of staring at phones at school. - Sheena W.

I’m signing because my kids were the “guinea pigs” of the social media & smartphone generation and WOW would I have done things differently. - Karen T.

I wish I didn’t allow my oldest to have social media until high school. My others kids still don’t have it & I can see such a difference. Holding out as long as I can with them. - Lizzy R.

I value the importance of experiencing life without technology and social media controlling it. - Ellison T.