Healthy Technology

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Wade King Healthy Tech is a group of community members whose focus is to support our youth, families, and educators as we move toward healthy tech use.

Questions? Contact Megan or Kara.

Events

Healthy Tech Meeting

The next Wade King Healthy Tech meeting will take place in the 2025 - 2026 school year. Thank you to everyone who made this year's initiative launch so successful!

Questions? Contact Megan or Kara.

Miss a meeting? See below for slides and handout information.

Healthy Tech Panel Video

Watch or listen: Local experts talk about healthy technology use and share tips with families. (Content may not be appropriate for young viewers. Please preview before watching with your family.)

Parent groups and PTO/PTAs from Wade King, Happy Valley and Lowell elementary schools recently hosted a panel of local experts at Wade King to help share information, resources, and advice for families about healthy use of technology.

The panel of experts included Bellingham Police Department detectives April Mitchelson and Taylor Allen, internal medicine/pediatric specialist Dr. Stephen Weinberger, child psychologist Aaron Williams, psychologist and behavior specialist Dr. Sara White, and Bellingham Public Schools director of safety and security Russ Robinson.

These experts tackle important topics such as screen time and brain science; advice for combatting online predators; and gaming, anxiety and ADHD.

Parental Controls

Amazon Fire Tablet

Apple iPhone or iPad

Android Devices

Nintendo Switch

Xbox Series S/X

PlayStation 5

Books

This collection of books is available for free to borrow in the main office. Click the images below to view book details on Amazon, including summaries, author credentials, and reviews to decide which book might be the right resource for you and your family.

If you have any book or resource requests, contact Megan or Kara.

Pictured right, Healthy Tech PTO reps Kara and Megan pose with our lovely selection of Healthy Tech resource books.

More Resources

Let Grow: the leading movement for childhood independence by encouraging parents and caregivers to allow kids the independence they need to grow into capable, confident, and happy adults.

An interview with Dr. Becky and Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist and author, Jonathan Haidt, joins Dr. Becky to discuss his book The Anxious Generation. In this powerful episode, they offer hope and tangible advice about the impact of phones, social media, and the decline of play on our kids's mental health. But Jonathan also offers hope that we can end the epidemic of mental illness, end phone-based childhood, and restore a more humane childhood.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics: learn more about family media plans and create one that fits your family's needs: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/fmp/Pages/MediaPlan.aspx.

Wait Until 8th encourages parents and caregivers to say yes to waiting for the smartphone until at least 8th grade. Take the pledge today.

Check out Catherine Price's blog post on healthy tech resources for parents and caregivers.

Bellingham Alliance for Healthy Tech (BAFHT) is a local group serving multiple grade levels and schools. Email bhamallianceforhealthytech@gmail.com or fill out this form to subscribe to the BAFHT email list.

Download the Bellingham Healthy Technology Promise PDF (below) from Bellingham Schools's website or check out their technology resources for families.

Visit the following healthy tech resources from the American Psychological Association: