IRL Community Meeting - April
Apr
8

IRL Community Meeting - April

This is it. The moment when the misfits, dreamers, and underdog luddites take over. Pledge Week is about to shake things up, so join us for a community meeting where we’ll strategize a little bit of organized chaos (the good kind).

Who’s bringing the montage music?

Location: TBD

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IRL Community Meeting - May
May
13

IRL Community Meeting - May

This month we’ll brainstorm for an upcoming community-wide event designed to create more In Real Life moments for families, in collaboration with Rye Youth Council.

Location: TBD

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Childhood 2.0: Documentary Screening + Q&A
Mar
26

Childhood 2.0: Documentary Screening + Q&A

Get in the car, we’re going to the movies for an encore private screening of Childhood 2.0 followed by a Q&A with Titania Jordan, featured in the film.

This is a must-see documentary for parenting in the digital age; with insights from experts and first-hand accounts from kids & families on cyberbullying, sexting, online predators & more…

Attendance is free and includes a popcorn & soda. Reserve your comfy reclining seat at the Mamaroneck Cinemas with an RSVP below, which will help us determine which sized theater to reserve. Our last screening was standing room only!

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Heard In Rye - Let Grow's "Always Helping Kids Isn't Always Helping Them"
Mar
6

Heard In Rye - Let Grow's "Always Helping Kids Isn't Always Helping Them"

We’re thrilled to promote this upcoming program from Heard In Rye, taking place at the Rye Free Reading Room.

Let Grow is leading the movement for childhood independence. Somehow our culture has become obsessed with kids’ fragility and lost sight of their innate resilience. This concern grew out of good intentions! But treating kids as fragile is making them so. In fact, kids are “anti-fragile” — built not just to withstand some challenges, but to grow stronger once they do. That’s why Let Grow is creating a new path for parents, schools, and America itself. Let Grow programs, outreach, and thought leadership focus not just on explaining where our culture took a wrong turn, but on real-world ways to get our kids back to having some adventures, solving some problems, and blossoming.

Register through HEARD IN RYE

Learn more at LET GROW

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IRL Community Zoom Meeting - February
Feb
25

IRL Community Zoom Meeting - February

Note: updated meeting time!

This month our meeting will be fully remote. As you unpack from winter break, zoom in to stay informed about IRL’s various current and upcoming initiatives.

Login info below:

Rye Chapter
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86157966855?pwd=QW53NALaK2o9nhFn6uuf4AKudQ0SYX.1
Meeting ID: 861 5796 6855
Passcode: IRL

Rye Neck Chapter
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6626266654?pwd=7nhtlamY8UdLOEZC99ArtW8htMMNIT.1&omn=82463182070
Passcode: IRL

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Childhood 2.0: Documentary Screening + Q&A
Feb
5

Childhood 2.0: Documentary Screening + Q&A

To watch anytime at home or share with others who missed our screening, stream Childhood 2.0 online for free HERE.  This is a must-see documentary for parenting in the digital age; with insights from experts and first-hand accounts from kids & families on cyberbullying, sexting, online predators & more…

Pro tip: IRL community members have found it valuable to watch alongside their middle schoolers especially if they’re already on social media or don’t get why their parents are being so annoying about it! 

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IRL Community Meeting - January
Jan
13

IRL Community Meeting - January

Note: *new date* of Monday, January 13th

Please join our first monthly meeting of the new year to help plan upcoming events and strategize for what’s to come. Is volunteering one of your resolutions? Because we’ve got work to do! Or just come for the sparkling conversation and leftover fruitcake…

Meeting locations:
Rye Neck Chapter: 7 Sunset Rd, Rye

Rye Chapter: 70 Stuyvesant Ave
or by Zoom: Join Here
Meeting ID: 879 3133 3195
Passcode: IRL


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Alternative Device Fair
Nov
23

Alternative Device Fair

Location: Rye Recreation, 281 Midland Ave, Rye, NY

Just in time for Black Friday, this is some of the most important shopping you’ve been meaning to check off your list… Before defaulting to an iPhone or Apple Watch, stop by to learn about various kid-safe devices before the holidays (or for down the road when it’s time)! We’ll have representatives on hand to answer your questions and help you determine which device is best for your family among the following phones and watches:

  • Gabb

  • Pinwheel

  • Lightphone

  • Wisephone

  • Bark

  • Troomi

  • Loftie

All are welcome to come explore the various options, booth by booth. Food trucks will be onsite, as is the playground to entertain kids so parents can wander the device fair uninterrupted. And don’t miss your chance to enter a raffle to win the device of your choosing or a screen-free gift.

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Jay Day
Sep
29

Jay Day

Thanks for visiting IRL’s booth at the Jay Heritage Center on Jay Day! We hope you’re putting those decorated cell phone sleeping bags to good use and enjoying more device-free meals at home.

If you didn’t get to swing by, stay tuned for future IRL cameos around town…

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Rye Youth Council & IRL-Rye present: Max Stossel
Sep
26

Rye Youth Council & IRL-Rye present: Max Stossel

Max Stossel is an award winning poet, filmmaker and speaker, named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year. He founded Social Awakening: an organization dedicated to helping young people survive and thrive in the modern world.

Before working in this field, Max was a media strategist with an extensive background in social media. He ran social media for big brands, and later worked for a social media company where he designed notifications to distract people.

He has spent the past seven years speaking with 100,000+ students, parents, and educators around the world about social media's impact on our lives, and creating resources to help manage that impact.

We were thrilled to partner with Rye Youth Council on this impactful event and hope you find the following related resources helpful:

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Coffee with Katey McPherson: continuing the conversation
Jun
13

Coffee with Katey McPherson: continuing the conversation

As shared during this program, following are Katey’s top recommended resources:

GREAT PARENTING PODCAST:

drrobynsilverman.com

https://www.drlisadamour.com/podcast/

 

DOCUMENTARY:

90 MINUTES OF RELEVANT INFO

childhood2movie.com OR YOUTUBE.COM (SEARCH CHILDHOOD 2.0)

This is a MUST watch for parents alone and then if appropriate kids  13+ too. It is tweens and teens giving THEIR view of how hard this world is with devices and bullying/etc. It is an amazing conversation starter.

 

FAMILY SCREEN TIME CONTRACT

See attached examples below, thousands of others on internet. The other by HEALTHYSCREENHEABITS.COM Staff.

 

WEBSITES ON SCREEN TIME AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND TUTORIALS:

smartsocial.com

protectyoungeyes.com

digitalnatives.com

healthyscreenhabits.com

commonsensemedia.org

 

KATEY'S FAVORITE BOOKS ON BOYS, GIRLS, AND SCREEN TIME:

How To Raise A Boy

Saving Our Sons

Untangled

Under Pressure

The Self-Driven Child

What Do You Say? How to motivate, reduce stress, and create a happy home"

Glow Kids

The Teen Brain

 

BARK AND OTHER APPS:

BARK.US ( Use Discount code KATEY20 for 20% off) 

GO GUARDIAN

MM GUARDIAN

OUR PACT

QUSTODIO

 

ROUTERS:

GRYPHON

EERO PLUS

BARK HOME

 

WHERE TO FIND ME:

kateymcpherson.com

I am in the trenches with you! Here to help if I can, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Your kids are MY kids! Let's advocate for our village :)

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“Send Nudes”: a screening of Childhood 2.0 and Q&A
Jun
12

“Send Nudes”: a screening of Childhood 2.0 and Q&A

As shared during this program, following are Katey’s top recommended resources:

GREAT PARENTING PODCAST:

drrobynsilverman.com

https://www.drlisadamour.com/podcast/

 

DOCUMENTARY:

90 MINUTES OF RELEVANT INFO

childhood2movie.com OR YOUTUBE.COM (SEARCH CHILDHOOD 2.0)

This is a MUST watch for parents alone and then if appropriate kids  13+ too. It is tweens and teens giving THEIR view of how hard this world is with devices and bullying/etc. It is an amazing conversation starter.

 

FAMILY SCREEN TIME CONTRACT

See attached examples below, thousands of others on internet. The other by HEALTHYSCREENHEABITS.COM Staff.

 

WEBSITES ON SCREEN TIME AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND TUTORIALS:

smartsocial.com

protectyoungeyes.com

digitalnatives.com

healthyscreenhabits.com

commonsensemedia.org

 

KATEY'S FAVORITE BOOKS ON BOYS, GIRLS, AND SCREEN TIME:

How To Raise A Boy

Saving Our Sons

Untangled

Under Pressure

The Self-Driven Child

What Do You Say? How to motivate, reduce stress, and create a happy home"

Glow Kids

The Teen Brain

 

BARK AND OTHER APPS:

BARK.US ( Use Discount code KATEY20 for 20% off) 

GO GUARDIAN

MM GUARDIAN

OUR PACT

QUSTODIO

 

ROUTERS:

GRYPHON

EERO PLUS

BARK HOME

 

WHERE TO FIND ME:

kateymcpherson.com

I am in the trenches with you! Here to help if I can, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Your kids are MY kids! Let's advocate for our village :)

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