For schools, towns and policymakers
What to take from chapter 24
- Decide the one ask and keep it to a sentence or two.
- Put questions in writing first, and share the answers.
- Find three other parents.
- Ask for records one specific request at a time.
- Speak for three minutes, leave a one-page handout, and come back at the second budget.
- When a program tells you it has no screens, ask what it does instead. The answer, an adult on the floor, is the thing the evidence keeps coming back to.
What to take from chapter 27
- Parents have changed norms before, quickly, with pledges and local groups.
- Start with three families and one sentence, make it visible, ask the rule-makers in writing and come back.
- Look for allies, not villains.
National guidance differs; see guidelines by country.
General information, not medical advice. If you are worried about a child, talk with the child’s doctor.
The full plan, the evidence and the letters you can copy are in the book.