Alternative Device Fair
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
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.
IRL Community Zoom Meeting
This month our meeting will be fully remote. Zoom in to help fine tune the two events next week and strategize IRL’s rapid expansion and priorities for the year ahead!
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IRL Community Meeting
Please join our monthly meeting to help plan upcoming events and strategize for what’s to come. There are countless opportunities to get involved and make an impact - we need YOU!
Location: 70 Stuyvesant Ave
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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…
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:
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:
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:
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 :)
“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:
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:
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 :)