Family survey

Share your family's honest experience.

Your responses are anonymous. Aggregate data from your school — how many families have participated and what patterns emerge by grade — is displayed publicly on your school's dashboard.

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About your child
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Fill this out once for each child's school, division, and grade. Multiple children in the same division can be filled out on one form if their technology access is the same. If you have children in different divisions or schools, or tech varies child to child, please submit a separate survey for each one.
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Devices and access
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1. What devices does this child have access to?
Select all that apply. Include shared family devices they can use.
2. Which of these does your child have access to, on any device?
Select all that apply.
3. For shared devices like a family iPad — how does this child access them?
4. What restrictions or monitoring tools apply to this child?
Select all that apply.
5. Is this child permitted to use group chats?
6. Does your household have a landline?
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Gaming
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7. Does this child play video games?
8. Which gaming platforms does this child use?
Select all that apply.
9. How are this child's gaming sessions managed?
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What you're observing
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10. In the last three months, how often have screens been a source of conflict with this child?
11. How would you describe this child's overall relationship with their devices?
12. Have you noticed technology affecting this child in any of the following ways in the last three months?
Select all that apply.
13. Has technology displaced any of the following for this child in the last three months?
Select all that apply.
14. How concerned are you that your child could come to rely on AI before building their own ability to think, write, and solve problems?
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What you're doing
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15. Which of the following policies apply to this child?
Select all that apply.
16. Do you permit this child to spend time with friends without adult supervision?
17. How confident do you feel setting and holding technology limits with this child?
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What would help
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18. What would make the biggest difference — for your family and for our school community?
Select all that apply.
19. Is there anything else you want us to know about this child's experience with technology?
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How you're feeling
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Now think beyond your own family. How concerned are you about each of these for kids at our school and in our community?

Smartphones and phones at school
Social media
Group chats and messaging
Video games
Regarding classroom screens and learning software ("EdTech")
Regarding phones during the school day, you'd prefer your school move toward…
Regarding students using AI for schoolwork, you'd prefer your school…
Regarding screen-based instruction during class, you'd prefer…
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Your school and community
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How your school communicates and how connected and aligned families feel.

How connected do you feel to other parents at your school on these issues?
Would you value more coordination with other families on shared tech norms?
How well is your school communicating its approach to technology to families?
Do you feel you understand your school's current approach to AI in particular?
How well is your school handling devices during the school day and on the bus?
How open does your school seem to parent input on technology?
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A few quick facts
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Now that you've answered questions about your family, it's helpful to share a few facts related to today's technology.

Were you aware that most U.S. states now restrict phones at school — 39 states plus D.C. as of late 2026, including Florida and Texas?
Were you aware that the U.S. Surgeon General has advised that 3+ hours a day on social media is linked to roughly double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms in teens — and 51% of teens use it for 4 or more hours a day?
Were you aware that 58% of U.S. teens have experienced cyberbullying, and group chats are now the most commonly reported venue for it?
Were you aware that 85% of teens are using gaming platforms regularly, and roughly 1 in 5 teens has experienced sextortion? Predators are increasingly using gaming platforms to target and groom teenage boys.
Were you aware that an estimated 84% of high-schoolers used AI for schoolwork in 2025, while only about 3 in 10 schools have an AI policy?
Were you aware that whether AI helps or hurts a student's thinking depends mostly on how it's used — as a shortcut it tends to weaken critical thinking, but as a tutor that challenges them it can strengthen it?
Were you aware that nearly 90% of U.S. schools now issue every student a device, but a groundbreaking 2025 UNESCO report argues that EdTech (needed during Covid) is now undermining the human, real-world interactions at the core of learning?