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Nobody Wants to Isolate Their Kid - Jenny Perez
Nobody Wants to Isolate Their Kid
In 2023, before The Anxious Generation came out and before Australia moved on a social media age minimum, Jenny Perez told her husband she was going to take on kids and smartphones. She already had senior parents, a young daughter, a small business, and a team to run. He knew she wasn't asking permission.
That decision became Unplugged Canada. It started with a simple pledge: parents promise not to give their kids a smartphone before 16, and once five families in a grade sign, the pledge goes live. The idea was to take away the hardest argument parents face…
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