Workbook · Ages 10 to 14
Your First Phone
A kid's guide to healthy habits
Before you hand them a phone, hand them this.
- 3 parts
- 30-day phone setup
- Parent Corner every chapter
- Ages 10 to 14
About the workbook
What this one does
The best time to build phone habits is before the first phone exists, and the next best time is the first few weeks they have one.
This guide shows a 10 to 14 year old exactly how apps are engineered to hook them, so the limits you set make sense to them too. Every chapter ends in something they fill in, and a Parent Corner gives you questions to ask when you sit down together.
Inside
What’s in it
How Your Phone Actually Works
How apps make money from attention, why infinite scroll is hard to stop, and how the algorithm decides what they see.
Your 30-Day Phone Setup
Week by week, turning what they learned into settings — notifications, privacy, time limits, phone-free zones.
Living With Your Phone
Routines, social media, group chats, knowing when it's too much, and adjusting as life changes.
159 pages
Not sure yet?
Is your kid ready for a phone?
Fifteen questions across the five signals that actually predict how a first phone goes. Free, and about four minutes.
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