Below you can download a short, printable guide for parents of kids ages 5–12.
The guide gives families one small practice per day to help kids notice how screens pull their attention, make stopping a little calmer, and build more self-direction over time.
In the guide, you’ll learn how to help kids:
K-5 Parent Guide (pdf)
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A parent talk that helps K-5 families understand how screens are designed to pull kids in, and how simple daily practices can build healthier stopping, recovery, and self-direction.

A kid-facing talk that helps K–5 students spot the screen tricks designed to pull their attention, so they can set the stop, spot the hook, avoid the bait, and own their attention.

A practical guide for parents to help middle schoolers recognize how apps, games, feeds, and group chats shape attention, mood, belonging, and identity, and use that awareness to build better judgment online.

A middle school talk that helps students understand how games, feeds, phones, and group chats pull on attention, mood, belonging, and identity, so they can build better judgment and more self-direction online.
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The Invisible Playground: How Hidden Screen Systems Shape Childhood is Gary’s developing book and school-based body of work on screen life, attention, identity, and agency.
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