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The feelings are real... the villain is not.

“Your worry is right. Your instincts are right. Something real has changed between you and your children, and you are not imagining it.” — from the Introduction

That’s how the book opens, and it’s how the website should open.

A better conversation starts here

Who Is This Book For?

For the people who know something has changed, but want a more useful way forward.

Beyond the Panic guide for parents and educators
Beyond the Panic guide for parents, educators, and school leaders

Built for real life

A book that meets people where they are.

Parents get calm, practical alternatives. Educators and school leaders get a more nuanced approach to technology and digital well-being.

For Parents

Calm, practical alternatives for families navigating technology and digital well-being.

For Educators & School Leaders

A more nuanced approach to technology and digital well-being in learning communities.

SMALLER THAN POTATOES

Question the Data

0.4%

Digital technology use explains, at most, around 0.4 percent of an adolescent’s well-being.

“That is not a rounding error or a long finding; it is the finding.” — Chapter 6, “Measuring the Data”
Infographic showing digital technology explains 0.4 percent of adolescent well-being
Infographic comparing screen time effects with glasses, potatoes, and bullying

A way forward

The Third Options

STOP ARGUING ABOUT THE DEVICE. START ARGUING ABOUT THE DESIGN.

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Beyond the Panic third option for phone and technology debates

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