About

Techlaration was built by parents at NYC independent schools who wanted a better way to talk about one of the most consequential questions facing families today: what role should technology play in our children's lives — at school, at home, and in between?

There isn't one answer. Some tech our kids need protecting from, and some they need preparing for — and the line between these changes for every kid, every year.

To manage this, we care about more than just screen time. We're thinking about:

• parenting in an era when a lot of technology is designed to be hard to put down — for us as much as for them
• how kids earn more independence and autonomy as they show they're ready for it
• academic rigor and the conditions that make deep learning possible
• social and emotional development, and where kids' time and attention go
• AI, and what it means for how our children think, create, and learn
• how schools weigh these tradeoffs, and how families can understand that thinking

We don't have all the answers. We're comparing notes, sharing what families report, and trying to navigate this together — because these questions land on all of us: families, teachers, and administrators alike.