Turning Life On

By Keeping Tech in Check

Turning Life On is a grass-roots movement that embraces digital wellness and promotes the human experience by uniting, informing and empowering parents, youth, professionals, schools and local communities.

We realize that all communities are different, and that a coalition is more effective than a single voice. Our Turning Life On leadership team consults with champions to create customized screen time plans to both promote digital wellness within a community and unite local parents, youth, educators and professionals. Our team collaborates with champions on how best to empower local members.

Our Turning Life On team works everyday to support parents and local champions by researching and sharing information, strategies and resources. We create digital wellness programs that can be adopted and implemented locally, and offer monthly webinars. Our goal is to empower TLOers with the information they need to manage screen time and achieve digital wellness.

Working together, TLOers inspire positive change, advocate for better tech practices, balance screen time and embrace digital wellness.

We call this “Turning Life On” and we do so by Keeping Tech in Check!


Unite.

We unite communities:

  • with a locally-based, public promise to delay giving a smartphone to your child until at least eighth grade in an effort to alleviate the social pressure to have a smartphone for parents and for kids.  

  • with an option to publicly support and join the movement to embrace digital wellness and promote the human experience even if you’re not into the promise.

  • with an option to privately support so you can join the movement and stay informed.

 

250+

Communities Represented

Communities in Massachusetts and beyond are represented by parents, educators or professionals that have joined the movement to embrace digital wellness by keeping tech in check.

 

5,000+

parents and supporters

Parents and supporters, including educators and professionals, in our local communities have joined the movement to embrace digital wellness by keeping tech in check.

 
 

45+

partners

Top professionals in medicine, mental health, education and research support our mission to inform stakeholders with the best information available regarding the impacts of technology use and digital wellness.

 
 

Inform.

We inform communities:

  • by planning and promoting technology-relevant local and virtual events.

  • creating original screen time events for communities and schools.

  • with access to extensive resources on our website.

  • through closed Facebook, Google and other online chat groups for parents within our communities.

  • through our active Twitter, Instagram and Facebook feeds to share the latest research and news.

  • through a private group for our community champions to share ideas.

  • through book recommendations.

  • with research and suggestions from our partners.

 

Resources

We strive to curate the very best, research-based information about technology use in an easy-to-access database. Keep reading…

events

From parent roundtables to speaking engagements, we execute and promote events that bring communities together to learn more about digital wellness. Learn more…

partners

Our partners represent professionals in the fields of healthcare, technology and education and they are committed digital wellness. See who’s who…

blog

Based on our continued research and conversations with parents and professionals, our blog offers real strategies and suggestions for managing technology. Keep reading…

 
 

Empower.

“Knowledge is of no value, unless you put it into practice.”

Anton Chekhov

We empower communities:

Get Involved.

Our communities bring together local parents, educators, and professionals. Through these communities, we support each other by sharing information, resources and our best tips that empower community members to balance screen time and embrace digital wellness. We also support individual families and professionals.

 

join a community

Our communities bring parents, educators and professionals together in a supportive and respectful environment.

Join Our Team

Are you a professional in the field looking to partner with us? Or are you a motivated parent interested in becoming more involved?

Make a Donation

Your support helps us do more in more communities. Thank you!