Technology is one of the most powerful forces shaping our children's lives. Some of it is wonderful. Some of it is maddening. We're a community of parents and schools trying to navigate it honestly, carefully, together.
What is Techlaration
We started as a parent committee at one NYC independent school. We quickly realized every school in our network was grappling with the same questions — and most were navigating them alone, without data, without coordination, and without the leverage that comes from numbers.
So we built Techlaration: a shared space to compare notes, benchmark where our schools actually stand, help hold each other and our schools accountable, and work together toward the right balance for our kids.
We're not against technology. We use it too. But there's a meaningful difference between technology that connects us and technology that colonizes us.
The declaration
Children used to be shaped by relationships with their parents, their friends, their school, their community. Now their primary relationship is with their phone — TikTok, Instagram, and the constant pinging of platforms monetizing influence and attention. A techlaration is a declaration of independence from technology as the default relationship shaping our children's lives. It's not anti-technology. It's pro-awareness and informed decision-making.
When you fill out the techlaration, you're not signing a petition. You're joining a conversation with the parents at your school and across our community who share your concerns and want to act on them together so we can all do better.
We know families are at different places on this. Some are alarmed. Some are skeptical. Most are somewhere in the middle, doing their best. All of it is welcome here.
Share your family's honest experience and join the community.
How it works
Share your family's honest experience and add your voice to the community.
As families at your school respond, a picture emerges of how your community is experiencing technology at home. You're not alone — and now you have evidence of that.
Your responses contribute to a school-level and community-wide picture of where families actually stand. The school benchmark shows what's happening institutionally.
Coordinate with parents who share your concerns. Advocate with data behind you. Make change together.
Our surveys
The personal leads. The school benchmark is how we measure how far the conversation has spread.
Share your family's honest experience with technology at home. Anonymous. Takes 8 minutes. Your responses count toward your school's community picture.
38 questions across 9 dimensions measuring your school's institutional stance on technology. One submission per school, completed by a parent rep or committee.
Our community
Techlaration grew out of a parent technology committee at one NYC independent school. We connected with similar groups across the city and built a shared infrastructure for data, advocacy, and mutual support.
If your school's parent group wants to participate — share your data, access ours, and coordinate — we'd love to hear from you.
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