A Message from the Author
I wrote Macy’s First Phone as a guide to help parents and educators teach the art of self-regulation through the five stars in the story of Freedom, Innovation, Values, Energy and Self Regulation. If we plan for these five areas in our life, our phones do not need to take over our minds and the short time we have on this beautiful earth.
Overuse and reliance on phones is the greatest threat to a carefree childhood and freedom of mind that every young person needs to thrive in the world. Our children and all young people not only deserve a proper childhood without constant interference by phones and devices, their minds critically need this calm period in life during their educational and developmental journey into adulthood.
Our world today sees so many of us rushing, comparing, checking and updating on phones or carrying them with us like life-support. We give every excuse for carrying them with us, such as work, messaging, taking photos and the list goes on – but life was never designed to be this way and especially during childhood and teenage years. Young children and teens find themselves in a constant state of needing to respond, check and live up to unrelenting standards, commercialism and perfectionism, which is the greatest threat to a calm mind that is ready to learn and engage in our world today.
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