Waldorf Schools & School Media
WALDORF SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
For decades, Waldorf Schools have been prescient in naming the risks of children growing up immersed in problematic screen and phone content. Moreover, Waldorf Schools have also highlighted a non-content issue that is often overlooked: how kids’ lives spent with screens displace vital childhood developmental experiences. Interestingly, while Waldorf School media/tech policy was considered conservative years ago, it is increasingly recognised as consistent with what science says are the lives kids need. Nonetheless, powerful tech industry and marketing forces are more determined than ever to sell parents and schools on the benefits of putting kids before screens and phones. These messages are compelling and contribute to common myths about children’s screen and tech use. Waldorf Schools and their media policies provide a powerful antidote to these myths and point the way towards the childhoods young people need.
Richard Freed
Richard Freed
freed_waldorf_school_media_policy.pdf |
Some useful articles:
1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201703/why-social-media-is-not-smart-middle-school-kids
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201810/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-hook-children
3. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/surgeon-general-kids-under-14-should-not-use-social-media/2023/02
1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201703/why-social-media-is-not-smart-middle-school-kids
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-wealth/201810/how-the-tech-industry-uses-psychology-hook-children
3. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/surgeon-general-kids-under-14-should-not-use-social-media/2023/02