Share your story

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Your story can inspire change! We love videos, essays, photos* – whatever you’d like to share. We might use your story in our research, advocacy efforts, and promotional activities.

And thanks for sharing!

*If you’re interested in sharing photos to advocate for online safety, please consider joining the Becca Schmill Foundation’s photovoice for online safety initiative.

Helpful prompts to get you started:

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The Negative Effects of Screen Time & Social Media

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Being a Part of the Solution

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The Positive Effects of More Independence, Responsibility, and Free Play

  • Share how smartphones & social media negatively impacted your life or the lives of your children/students.
  • For Gen Z: What’s something you’ve neglected because of time spent on your phone and social media? (i.e. sleep, academics, social time, relationships?)
  • For Gen Z: Can you describe a time when you wish you didn’t have a phone? What did you miss out on?

When recording, please first introduce yourself—start with your first name, age (if under 18), and where you’re from.

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