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Parents protecting children from smartphones and social media.

Calling on the Government to restrict the sale and use of smartphones for children and teenagers for their safety and well-being.

06/10/2026

Social media platforms are deliberately designed to keep us scrolling, clicking and coming back for more.

“Your Attention Please” documents the growing movement pushing back against addictive technology in children’s lives.

A mother fighting for her son. A Gen-Z innovator rebuilding technology. Teens everywhere reclaiming their attention. Our campaign here at SafeScreens shows just how much people want to push back. There is hope, and this is only the beginning!

Childhood should not be engineered for engagement, it should be full of joy, learning, laughter and play.

Watch now on Apple TV, Amazon and Doc+. Link in our bio. Follow Your Attention Please Film

https://www.yourattentionplz.com/watch

Then share it with the parents, teachers and friends around you.

05/10/2026

The ICO has recently published the findings of its audit into EdTech products used in UK schools, and it has to be one of the most significant and shocking reports on children’s data we’ve seen in a long time, but it has received remarkably little attention.

As we’re embedding more and more technology into children’s education, the very least we should expect is transparency about what happens to their data. This was a VOLUNTARY audit of just 28 companies, and it resulted in 596 recommendations.

So, what can we do about this?

- Ask your child’s school which edtech products are being used and what data they collect.

- Ask whether pupil data is shared, reused, or used to train AI systems.

- Write to your MP and the DfE to support a statutory code for edtech.

- Share this with other parents, teachers and anyone who cares about children’s privacy.

- Join our WhatsApp group to connect with other parents who share concerns about this.

30/09/2026

By implementing AI into our education system, we are removing the difficult parts of learning, which is crucial to how children develop confidence, resilience and the cognitive skills they need later in life. We are being sold technology and AI as a shortcut - immediate convenience in exchange for growing dependence.

As adults, we have a responsibility to think carefully about what we’re asking our children to give up. And we must think about how this will affect their future.

This is just a small section of Sophie Winkleman’s fantastic speech at this year’s ARC Conference, but we highly recommend watching the full speech on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/yFp5-i5fzyQ?si=GA4XasW6fAYXi_-F

24/09/2026

Some of the biggest, and most powerful companies in the world are embedding their digital platforms, devices and generative AI into schools. All whilst growing research is raising questions about children’s attention, learning, reading, writing and critical thinking.

Parents deserve transparency, to be able to ask schools how their children are being taught, and to have a choice about the technologies that their children are being exposed to.

Should decisions about how children learn be driven by what’s best for children, or by the commercial ambitions of Big Tech?

You can follow the links in our bio to access our website, open letter templates, and to join our WhatsApp group.

21/09/2026

Over 2,700 of you signed our open letter to the education minister about the screen-based Reception baseline assessment (RBA). We were very pleased to make this weekend’s Sunday Mirror with a full page and even a backed call in its editorial. We’re making progress. Thank you to everyone helping get us there.

If you haven’t already, please write to your MP about this. You can copy the template letter on our website (link in bio). It will only take 5 minutes!

17/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who signed our Open Letter to the DfE about the touchscreen RBA. We have one more important action for you to take.

If you’re in England, please write to your MP and ask them to urgently raise your concerns about the touchscreen RBA with ministers.

It takes less than 5 minutes:
• Use the link on our website to find your MP
• Copy our template letter
• Add your name and address
• Press send!

https://safescreens.org/resource/letter-to-your-mp-regarding-the-touchscreen-rba/

Thousands of parents have signed the Open Letter. Your MP needs to hear from you too.

Here is a link to the Open Letter. https://forms.gle/5QyontaQ8o8XzKes8

Thank you!

15/09/2026

We’ve seen a huge amount of concern from parents and carers regarding the RBA that children are now expected to take on a touchscreen tablet in the first few weeks of reception.

Just this month, a two-year study was released on Sage Journals — “Digital Harms and the English Reception Baseline Assessment.”

The researchers observed children taking the physical, activity based RBA in 2024 and the touchscreen RBA in 2025 and they found the tablet based RBA caused anxiety, frustration and distress in children.

If you are a parent or carer concerned about the mandating of touchscreens for this test by the Department for Education please visit the links in our bio. And if you haven’t already, please sign the open letter to the DfE.

09/09/2026

Reception children are being tested on touchscreen devices in their first six weeks of school. Despite research showing that every child observed in 2025 showed signs of stress during the test, the DfE are refusing to allow parents to opt out and choose the alternative paper version.

Please help us change the rules. We simply want the DfE to allow parents the choice for their child to use the paper version.

If you are concerned about the touchscreen test - whether your child is in the current Reception cohort or not - Please sign the open letter - https://forms.gle/5QyontaQ8o8XzKes8.

It takes one minute!

04/09/2026

Every era of computing has been sold to parents the same way - convincing us that it will help our children learn, get ahead, become smarter.

But as our children’s cognitive development and physical and mental health declines, research into screen use in schools consistently fails to show net educational benefit.

Schools are unwittingly running a big experiment - pushed on them by Big Tech.

Parents aren’t asked for their consent and in many cases aren’t able to opt out. They have little say.

UK Parents and Carers - Please take 10 minutes to fill out our EdTech survey https://forms.gle/hYWpbZzGshJFMKBQ7

We are gathering evidence from parents and carers about children’s experiences of school issued 1:1 devices, screen use in school and for homework, EdTech platforms and any related safeguarding or wellbeing concerns.

02/09/2026

In 2025 the Department of Education (DfE) stipulated that children must take the statutory Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) on a touchscreen tablet instead of using play-based activity blocks and teddy bears.

Despite evidence from a team of researchers from Leeds Beckett University and UCL showing that every child they monitored taking the test was distressed by the use of the tablet - and a large proportion of teachers saying that they weren’t happy with it either - the test is back on a tablet again this year.

Parents - this is not ok. It completely contradicts the Government’s own screen guidance for Early Years children.

All four-year-olds starting Reception will sit this test within the next few weeks of starting school.

Schools can request the non-digital alternative, but the DfE refused those requests last year.
Now there is evidence of harm to children.
We need to be louder, the more parents that push back, the better success we will have of reverting the digital test.

If your child is starting school this term and you’re not comfortable with them taking the digital version, please use our opt-out letter to write to your school.
https://safescreens.org/resource/opt-out-of-digital-reception-baseline-assessment/

You can also take a look at this open letter from More Than A Score to the Secretary of State regarding the RBA.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCB-zTAZCxHjRdPS9rAQXSlP0pxrCeDpTPaOdrGTXo07OUMw/viewform

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