{"id":11512,"date":"2026-02-04T17:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=11512"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:34:14","slug":"guiding-digital-childhoods-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/guiding-digital-childhoods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiding Digital Childhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"962\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital.jpg 962w, https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Digital-768x264.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guiding Digital Childhoods <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A CAP-wide commitment to help families build healthy, balanced digital habits: delaying smartphones and social media, keeping school time phone-free, and creating more space for play, friendship and independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Life First | Delay is OK | Growing Up Offline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Our Aim<\/strong><br>Support children\u2019s healthy development and digital well-being through shared family principles and simple school commitments, developed across the local Chiltern Area Partnership (CAP).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Our Four Family Principles (CAP-wide)<\/strong><br>\ud83d\udcf5 Delay smartphones to at least Year 9<br>\ud83d\udeab Delay social media to at least 16<br>\ud83c\udfeb Phone-free school day<br>\ud83c\udf33 More independence, free play and real-world responsibility.<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Our School Commitments (CAP-wide)<\/strong><br>Phone-free school day<br>Teach digital safety and literacy<br>Regular support for parents<br>Staff model healthy tech use.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>Make your family\u2019s commitment<\/strong>\u00a0to delay smartphones (to Y9), delay social media (to 16), keep school\u2011time phone-free, and build more real-world independence, at a pace that suits your child.<\/p>\n<p>Link to Voluntary Commitment Family Register<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=fwClxYQ_cUaJnv8H55OHWIeGuxNXmWxLgmxhdiIa0hNUM0FINk1BRERIQlFIRDdDQUdXVkRSM0pZUy4u\">Guiding Digital Childhoods- Voluntary Family Register \u2013 Fill in form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A link to the Papaya talk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N8krLeoNtFg\">Papaya Guiding Digital Childhoods Parent Webinar February 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guiding Digital Childhoods A CAP-wide commitment to help families build healthy, balanced digital habits: delaying smartphones and social media, keeping school time phone-free, and creating more space for play, friendship and independence. Real Life First | Delay is OK | Growing Up Offline Our AimSupport children\u2019s healthy development and digital well-being through shared family principles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11665,"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11512\/revisions\/11665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curzonschool.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}