Smartphones and social media use are collective issues. If "everyone" is on them, then the social experience migrates to the digital world. The social pressures of adolescence are ever-present in a purse, a pocket, or a hand. We can improve the social environment for our children.
This website is a public listing of Oak Park families waiting until high school to give their children smartphones.
This list exists to break the illusion that everyone is getting a smartphone before high school. Your friends and neighbors are waiting. Together, we can create an intentional norm around delaying access to this new and changing technology.
We are a “big tent” group. Flip phones and smart watches are practical choices and fully in keeping with our mission.