Less scrolling. More living. Together.
It's the first week of the school holidays. The house is quiet, but not because anyone is reading or playing outside. One child is gaming, another is scrolling, the TV is on for no-one in particular, and if you're honest, you're checking your phone too.
If that sounds familiar, you're in good company, and this book is for you.
Unplug & Reconnect is a warm, practical guide to taking a family digital detox during the school holidays and keeping the best of it long after the break. It isn't about blame, guilt or banning screens. It's about helping your family find a better balance, so screens fit around family life instead of family life fitting around screens.
Wellbeing and Resilience Coach Jacqui Van de Velde brings together current research and a solution-focused approach that helps your family notice what's already working, and do more of it.
Inside you'll find:
Plain-language research on screens, sleep, mood, attention and family connection, including what a break can realistically give back
A six-step family detox plan, from the first family conversation to reflecting and adjusting at the end
Practical strategies for screen-free zones and screen-free times, plus fifty screen-free activities (many of them free)
Nine ways to open up conversation, especially with teenagers
Honest guidance for when someone pushes back, and for life after the detox
Checklists at the end of every chapter, "Try this" ideas and real stories from Australian families
Your Family Detox Journal, built on the simple BEST framework: Best hopes, Evidence, Scale it, Take one step
Kids' corner pages, dinner-table conversation cards, a family tech agreement, a weekly activity planner and a 30-day family unplug challenge
This A4 edition is designed for downloading and printing at home. Print the journal, checklists and templates as often as your family needs them, and use the clickable contents page to jump straight to any chapter.
Whether your family manages a full week unplugged or simply gets the phones out of the bedrooms, you'll finish the holidays with new habits, more real conversations and a plan you can come back to every school break.
Written for mums, dads, grandparents, foster and kinship carers, step-parents and guardians. Every family looks different, and every family can do this.
General information only. This book is not medical, psychological or allied health advice.
Less scrolling. More living. Together.
It's the first week of the school holidays. The house is quiet, but not because anyone is reading or playing outside. One child is gaming, another is scrolling, the TV is on for no-one in particular, and if you're honest, you're checking your phone too.
If that sounds familiar, you're in good company, and this book is for you.
Unplug & Reconnect is a warm, practical guide to taking a family digital detox during the school holidays and keeping the best of it long after the break. It isn't about blame, guilt or banning screens. It's about helping your family find a better balance, so screens fit around family life instead of family life fitting around screens.
Wellbeing and Resilience Coach Jacqui Van de Velde brings together current research and a solution-focused approach that helps your family notice what's already working, and do more of it.
Inside you'll find:
Plain-language research on screens, sleep, mood, attention and family connection, including what a break can realistically give back
A six-step family detox plan, from the first family conversation to reflecting and adjusting at the end
Practical strategies for screen-free zones and screen-free times, plus fifty screen-free activities (many of them free)
Nine ways to open up conversation, especially with teenagers
Honest guidance for when someone pushes back, and for life after the detox
Checklists at the end of every chapter, "Try this" ideas and real stories from Australian families
Your Family Detox Journal, built on the simple BEST framework: Best hopes, Evidence, Scale it, Take one step
Kids' corner pages, dinner-table conversation cards, a family tech agreement, a weekly activity planner and a 30-day family unplug challenge
This A4 edition is designed for downloading and printing at home. Print the journal, checklists and templates as often as your family needs them, and use the clickable contents page to jump straight to any chapter.
Whether your family manages a full week unplugged or simply gets the phones out of the bedrooms, you'll finish the holidays with new habits, more real conversations and a plan you can come back to every school break.
Written for mums, dads, grandparents, foster and kinship carers, step-parents and guardians. Every family looks different, and every family can do this.
General information only. This book is not medical, psychological or allied health advice.
