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Nova Scotia chapter of Unplugged Canada. Encouraging parents to delay smartphones and social media, encouraging independence and free play for kids

08/24/2025

When you zip up their backpack this fall, think about what you’re really packing inside.
Books. Supplies. A lunch.
That’s already a lot for them to carry.

Because every new grade comes with its own weight:
📚 harder classes
👥 new friends and social pressure
💭 big feelings they don’t always know how to handle

Do they really need the heaviest burden of all — a smartphone in their pocket?

That one device doesn’t just add weight.
It adds distraction, comparison, exposure, and pressure no child should have to carry at school.

This year, lighten their load.
Delay the smartphone.
Protect their learning. Protect their childhood.

08/21/2025

Take away the smartphone—
and watch real life flood in.

📚 Books become adventures.
🎨 Art becomes expression.
⚽ Play becomes passion.
🧠 Boredom becomes creativity.
👫 Friendship becomes deep and face-to-face.
🌿 Nature becomes a playground.
🛠️ Curiosity becomes skill-building.
💬 Conversations become connection.

Without the endless scroll, kids develop rich, diverse habits - the kind that shape identity, fuel resilience, and create lifelong joy.

A smartphone narrows their world.
But taking it off the table - that opens everything. Join other like-minded parents who have also chosen to delay and sign our Pledge! Link in bio.

08/11/2025

Canada — our kids cannot wait.
Since smartphones and social media took over childhood, we’ve watched literacy, focus, and real-world skills crumble. It’s not slowing down — and it’s not “just a phase.”
Right now, we have a federal petition to raise the social media age to 16. The timing is perfect: online safety will be on Parliament’s agenda in September. But we need to flood MPs with proof that Canadians want this.

Here’s how you can protect our kids:
✍️ Get 25 paper signatures (or more) before August 21st.
📲 Click the link in our bio.
📢 Share this post so more parents join in.

Please help us take action.
If we don’t speak now, we lose the chance to protect a generation.

08/07/2025

From : Canada, it’s time for change!

After months of groundwork, we have a federal petition that’s well-positioned to change the law and raise the social media age to 16.

ℹ️Background: MP Patrick Weiler (West Vancouver) is sponsoring our petition, and we’re seeing support from major organizations.

⏰ The timing is right: Online safety is on the agenda when the House resumes in September. The challenge is that the timeline is tight.

Our strategy has three elements:

💥SIGNATURES: We need paper petitions with signatures from across Canada to show that Canadians support this. (That’s where you come in)
💥MP OUTREACH: We’ll be calling MPs to lobby for
broader support.
💥MINISTER INFLUENCE: We’ll use strategic influence through health and education leaders.

THE ASK: Can you get 25 signatures (or more) for this paper petition by August 21st?
We have a guide with talking points, tactics to get signatures, and general instructions. (LINK IN BIO)

This is our moment to drive lasting change. Thanks for your help in making this change happen!

Scan the QR code or click the link in our bio for more.

08/04/2025

The best moments of childhood aren’t caught on camera — they’re burned into memory.
The sound of laughter on bikes.
The freezing splash of a lake.
The glow of a campfire surrounded by friends.
These are the scenes they’ll remember.
Smartphones don’t just distract from those moments — they replace them.
They pull kids out of the real world and into an endless scroll.

This summer, protect their ability to be present.
To play. To imagine. To truly connect.

Delay the smartphone.
Because the best memories live offline. Click the link in our bio to learn more and to sign the pledge to delay smartphones.

07/30/2025

This post from describes how we have fewer friends than ever before.
Loneliness is on the rise.
Mental health is in crisis.

And what’s Big Tech’s solution?

An AI chatbot to keep us company.
Not real connection. Not community.
Just more screen time.

But we don’t need more fake friendship.
We need real conversations.
Real laughter.
Real people.

Because scrolling won’t save us.
Connection will.

👉 Swipe through to see what’s really going on.

07/28/2025

40 years.
That’s how much time today’s kids will spend on their phones if nothing changes.

Not 40 years building something.
Not 40 years falling in love, being outside, making memories.
40 years looking down.

This study tracked students and found many already spend over 5 hours a day on their phones - 25 years over their life. Some? Nine hours - that’s 4 0 y e a r s gone.
If it keeps up, that’s decades lost to scrolling.

This isn’t about screen “balance.”
It’s about what our kids will never get back.

They only get one shot at growing up.
Let’s not let a screen take it from them.

👉 Delay the smartphone. Protect their time.
(Link in bio to take the pledge.)

07/27/2025

In her recently published book, Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals something every parent needs to hear:

Facebook knows when teen girls delete their selfies.

It sees the exact moment your daughter feels insecure—when she looks at herself and thinks, “not good enough.”
And what does it do next?

💄 It sends her beauty ads.
Not by accident. On purpose.

Because the algorithm detects emotional pain—and turns it into profit.

This isn’t a glitch.
It’s the business model.

Our kids are being emotionally manipulated by design. Their worst moments are fuel for an ad engine that doesn’t care who gets hurt—only what sells.

And we’re handing them the tools to access it, every time we give them a smartphone before they’re ready.

Enough.
🛑 Delay the smartphone.
📝 Sign the pledge at Unplugged Canada.
🧠 Teach your kids what’s really going on.
📢 Tell the world this is not okay.

We don’t let strangers prey on our kids in real life.
Why would we accept it online?

07/23/2025

From : 3500 pledges, Canada! 🇨🇦

In the month of June, we reached our next goal! 3500 parent pledges to delay smartphones until at least 14.

This creates a brighter future for thousands of kids by safeguarding their mental health, social development, and ability to learn without constant distraction.

Have you signed the pledge yet? Join us in delaying smartphones and get connected with other likeminded families in your community.

Our website features live dashboards! You can see real-time data on how many pledges have been signed in each grade at your child’s school. This gives you immediate insight into how many other families have joined this initiative so far.

📣 Take action: Demand change now
We’ve launched a crucial Call to Action. Your signature will help urge the Canadian government to enact legislation that protects kids online.
Our collective voice has the potential to drive change.
It takes less than 30 seconds to add your name, and any Canadian 18+ can sign.

All of these tools can be found on our website, www.unpluggedcanada.com. Link in bio.
We look forward to welcoming you to our community!

07/20/2025

Your son is listening. But who’s doing the talking?
Right now, boys as young as 10 are walking into Nova Scotia classrooms repeating word-for-word the violent, sexist scripts of Andrew Tate and other toxic influencers.

When a smartphone becomes the gateway to harmful influencers, boys aren’t just watching—they’re bringing toxicity into classrooms and relationships. This isn’t just “boys being boys.”
This is the manosphere raising your child if you don’t get there first.

Limiting screen time isn’t just about focus  - it’s about protecting young hearts and minds from misogyny infiltrating their behavior toward teachers, peers, and women.

We cannot continue to normalize or ignore this.
Hold the phone. Delay the smartphone. Give our boys a childhood that’s rooted in reality and respect—not the algorithm.

07/16/2025

🕐 O N E H O U R.
Childhood lives here.
In one muddy, messy, magical hour. 🪵 ✨
These 60 minutes are for scraped knees, belly laughs, and real growth.

This summer, we’re inviting Nova Scotian families to power down and play up. Just one hour a week. No screens. No adult interference. Just kids being kids — climbing trees, making up games, and learning to solve their own problems. This is what real independence looks like. It’s also one of the most powerful ways to counter anxiety, screen addiction, and the slow erosion of childhood. Inspired The Anxious Generation by and the inspiring movement at — we’re challenging you to join their movement.

Here’s how to start: 🌳 Pick a spot 👧 Let the kids take over 👪 Invite friends 📸 Share your unplugged moments.

Every Friday from 4pm-6pm, open the door, open the garage, and let the kids go out and play!

This isn’t just a trend — it’s a quiet revolution. Let’s raise kids who don’t need a screen to feel alive.

07/09/2025

🔬 Research shows our brains are losing strength — attention spans are shrinking, deep thinking is harder, and our ability to sit with boredom (or even silence) is fading fast. We’re training our minds to crave constant stimulation.

🧠 Now imagine handing that same tech — that same dopamine trap — to a 10-year-old whose brain is still developing.
We know how hard it is to manage. So why are we expecting kids to do it?

If this is what smartphones are doing to us as adults… what hope are we giving our kids?

📵 Let’s stop pretending smartphones are harmless. Let’s give kids the chance to grow up with real attention, real connection, and real freedom.

Huge credit to the brilliant & informative neuroscientist, , for this powerful piece. Worth every parent’s attention.

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