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The Toddler Tech Pledge

A simple family agreement about screens, signed by everyone who lives here.
Display it proudly — and revisit it together as your little one grows.

🍼 Designed for families with children aged 1–4

Young children learn by watching what the grown-ups around them do — not by what they're told. This pledge is a commitment from the whole family: parents included. By signing it together, you're not just setting rules; you're building the foundation for a healthy relationship with technology that will last a lifetime.

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Meal Time Promise

Screens off at every meal — breakfast, lunch, and dinner

We put all phones, tablets, and TVs on pause when we sit down to eat together. Meals are for food, faces, and conversation — not screens. This applies to grown-ups too.

Tip: A simple basket by the door makes this easy — everyone drops their device in before sitting down

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Bedtime Promise

All screens off at least 60 minutes before bedtime

Blue light from screens suppresses melatonin — the sleep hormone — in young children even more than in adults. We use the final hour of the day for calm, gentle wind-down activities: bath, books, songs, and cuddles. No exceptions.

NHS guidance: screens in the bedroom are one of the biggest causes of sleep disruption in under-5s

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Outdoor Play Promise

Fresh air and physical play before screen time every day

We make outdoor time or active play a natural first choice — not a reward for finishing screens. Even 20 minutes outside or on the floor before any screen time completely changes the quality of what comes after. Movement builds brains at this age.

WHO guideline: children under 5 need 3 hours of physical activity daily — spread across the day

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Together Promise

When we do watch, we watch and talk together

Passive solo screen time is a very different experience to co-viewing with a parent who comments, questions, and connects the content to the real world. When our toddler uses a screen, a grown-up is nearby, engaged, and present. We talk about what we see.

Research: co-viewing with an engaged adult significantly reduces the developmental risks of screen time at this age

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Grown-Ups Promise

We model the screen habits we want our child to learn

Children watch everything. A parent scrolling their phone while telling a toddler to put down the tablet sends a message louder than any rule. We commit to being intentional about our own screen use — because what they see us do becomes what they think is normal.

Ofcom 2023: children whose parents have consistent device boundaries are significantly more likely to develop healthy screen habits

1–3 years old — the window when habits become default patterns

60 min WHO recommended max of sedentary screen time for ages 2–4 per day

3× more impact on development when screens are used together vs. solo

✍️ Our Family Signs This Pledge

Fill this in together — and let your little one add their mark too (a handprint or drawing counts!)

Parent / Carer 1

NAME & SIGNATURE

Parent / Carer 2

NAME & SIGNATURE

Our little one(s) — name + handprint or mark

CHILD'S NAME

Date signed:

Review date (1 month):

📅 Monthly Pledge Review — tick each month you revisit and update this pledge together

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Want more than a pledge?

Our full Toddler Guide gives you the week-by-week routines, conversation scripts, and age-appropriate boundary frameworks to back up every promise on this page.

See the Toddler Guide →