A new print magazine for UK parents
Calm, practical help with phones, screens and growing up.
When to get a first phone, what to do instead, and how other families make it work. Written for parents, made to be read on the sofa, not scrolled.
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A first look at Issue 1
Design concepts for the first issue. Printed, perfect-bound, made to keep.
What’s in Issue 1
Planned contents. Final line-up may change.
01The first-phone question
When, which and how: basic phones, smartwatches, shared family devices, and the conversations that go with them.
02What the research says
The evidence on children, smartphones and social media, explained plainly, with every source listed.
03Families who did it
UK parents on delaying phones and social media: what worked, what didn’t, what they’d do differently.
04Not alone at the school gate
How parents are agreeing to wait together, class by class, and how to start a conversation at your school.
05What to do instead
Play, independence, boredom and the outdoors: practical ideas for every age from toddler to teen.
06A phone-light Christmas
Gift ideas, family agreements and keeping the peace when everyone else seems to be getting one.
Why print?
- Something to read without a notification in sight.
- Calm, not alarmist. No scare headlines.
- Every factual claim sourced, and the sources printed.
- Made to be passed on to a partner, a grandparent or a friend.