Play club

The idea behind the play club is simple: give kids a chance to play together, screen-free.

This is SCPN’s answer to Jonathan Haidt’s recommendation that we give kids much more time to play with each other, face to face, with minimal adult involvement (“lifeguard model”).

You can start something formal like a Let Grow Play Club at your school – see their website for very helpful resources.

Or, you can simply publicize a date and location every so often. No need for additional planning beyond that!

Our chapters have had success indicating that these are not drop-off events. Parents stay on site, but they socialize among themselves while their kids play independently, screen-free.

Of course, it would be possible to do this in different ways.

However you do it, the goal is to create opportunities for kids to enjoy being social, face to face, in real life.