Smartphone Free Childhood

We’re united for childhood

Join the growing movement of families who
believe childhood's too short to scroll away

Sign the PARENT PACT

Join parents in your area who are delaying smartphones and social media
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Connect with likeminded local parents for solidarity and support

Childhood is worth fighting for

Smartphone Free Childhood is a movement of families standing together to delay smartphones and social media – turning isolation into collective strength.

Together we’re giving children back what truly matters: time to play, space to grow, freedom to be.

Because childhood should be shaped by families and communities, not algorithms.

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Supporters

I love what Smartphone Free Childhood are doing, because I believe this is the most urgent public health issue of our time. It’s not just a parent issue, it’s a human issue.

Dr Rangan Chatterjee
SFC Ambassador

Smartphone Free Childhood is such a brilliant movement. I’ve signed the Parent Pact for my kids and I’m telling all my friends about it

Paloma Faith
Singer and actor

As a mam, I know how tough it is navigating kids and smartphones. I’m proud to back this movement that’s bringing parents together offering solidarity through one of modern parenting’s biggest challenges.

Sara Davies MBE
SFC Ambassador

As a parent of children still within a bubble of innocence, I've chosen to publicly support the Parent Pact to keep them smartphone-free

Oliver Jeffers
Artist & storyteller

The global parents revolt against the phone-based childhood has begun in the UK – bravo Smartphone Free Childhood

Dr Jonathan Haidt
SFC Ambassador

It’s phenomenal, enormously heartwarming. Parents are communicating properly about this issue and feel a little bit less alone.

Kate Winslet
Actor

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