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Technology should serve human development — not undermine it.

We want our children to grow into capable, connected and independent people who can use technology without being controlled by it.

We recognize that technology can strengthen learning, creativity, friendship and connection — and that some of it can also crowd out sleep, attention, and real-world independence, especially when it arrives before kids are ready to handle it.

So we support introducing technology thoughtfully: when it serves a child's development, with guardrails at first, and with responsibility handed over as kids show they can carry it. And where one family's choices shape another family's kid, we'll work it out together.

Six shared commitments

1. Protect and prepare. Childhood is worth protecting — and adulthood is worth preparing for. We'll hold off on what kids aren't ready for, and help them build the skills to handle it when they are.
2. Hand over the reins. Freedom and responsibility should increase together, step by step. We'll be as deliberate about loosening limits as we are about setting them.
3. One conversation, home and school. Kids live one life across both. Families and schools each make their own decisions — we'll work to understand each other's reasoning so those decisions fit together.
4. Respect different choices. Families will land in different places for good reasons. No family should feel pressured by other parents — in either direction.
5. Stay curious about the evidence. The research is still developing and thoughtful people disagree. We'll share what we learn, say what we don't know, and update as we go.
6. Act together. Some choices — group chats, phones at parties, which apps a grade moves to — affect other people's kids. Those are the ones worth coordinating across the grade.