Changes to Screen-Free Week for 2024 and beyond!
Thank you so much for being a part of Screen-Free Week in the past or your new interest in our event! At Fairplay, there are so many things we love about Screen-Free Week: the real life connection, the giggles, the chances to explore new things. We also love how...
Screen-Free Week 2023: You did it!
That’s a wrap on Screen-Free Week 2023! It was another great year, with more than 33,000 people pledging to participate or attending a registered Screen-Free Week event (and thousands more participating on their own). All told, our marketing efforts were seen by close...
What do you need for your Screen-Free journey?
It’s here… Screen-Free Week starts Monday, May 1! We hope you’ve made a pledge to join us (or, even better, planned a Screen-Free Week event!) If not, there’s still time! Our biggest word of advice for next week? Manage your expectations. Try working on ONE screen...
Screen-Free Booklist Authors Celebrate Screen-Free Week
Our 2023 Screen-Free Booklist, in collaboration with Children’s Book Week is filled with awesome books to inspire healthy screen time! Three authors of books added this year shared videos with us where they talk about Screen-Free Week or read from their stories. Check...
Search for Treasure Everyday: Have Fun as a Family Without Screens
Each year, we invite the authors from our Screen-Free Children's Booklist to contribute to our blog, to illustrate why unplugging from screens is important to them! In this post, republished from Lawley Publishing with permission, Treasure Hunt author Stephanie...
Get Revved Up After You Power Down!
Screen-Free Week is an amazing opportunity to reboot, recharge, and rest. It also might get you thinking... Why can't EVERY week be this mellow? How did our family's screen habits get so out of control? Why am I still reaching for my phone three days after I stuffed...
NEW! Books to Inspire Healthy Screen Use
We love celebrating during the same week as Children’s Book Week because one of our favorite Screen-Free Week activities is reading! Each year, we pair up with the Children's Book Council to curate a list of books that inspire kids and teens to unplug and have...
Find Your Spark With Children’s Book Week 2023, May 1-7
Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative inthe country. Every year, young people across the country participate by attending events atschools, libraries, bookstores, celebrating at home, and engaging with book...
Why our daughters need Screen-Free Week
According to a recent CDC report, teen girls* today are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide risk, across all racial and ethnic groups. As the parent of one, this has me deeply concerned. I know all these problems aren’t solely caused by...
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