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Welcome to Unplugged Tribe

Your go-to space for support, stories, and tools to help your family reconnect.
Here you'll find other tools, ideas and inspiration to encourage offline moments, and updates from our community.

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Useful Tools

  • Family Planner 2025

    Designed to bring your family closer, our 2025 Family Planner goes beyond schedules and to-do lists. With space for everyone’s activities, weekly check-ins, and family goals, it helps you organise life and make time for what truly mattersβ€”connection, conversation, and screen-free moments together.

    Simple. Practical. Meaningful. It’s more than a plannerβ€”it’s a tool to help your family live with intention in 2025.

    Get it Here

  • Debate Challenge

    Ready to spark laughter, creativity, and real conversations with your familyβ€”without screens? The Unplugged Debate Challenge is a fun, easy-to-play activity designed to bring your family together through playful debates on quirky topics.

    πŸ’¬ Conversations that matter:
    From silly scenarios to thought-provoking choices, every debate sparks dialogue and connection.

    Get it Here

  • Dumbdown a Smart phone

    Take the Stress Out of Managing Your Teen’s Screen Time

    This free guide offers simple, practical steps to help you set healthy smartphone boundariesβ€”without battles, guilt, or endless negotiations. Discover easy tech tweaks, creative alternatives to scrolling, and conversation starters to get your teen on board. It’s not about cutting them off from the digital worldβ€”it’s about helping them find balance and reconnect with what truly matters.

    Get it Here

Why it matters

The numbers are in

  • 73% of U.S. teens aged 13–17

    have viewed pornography online, with over half encountering it by age 13.

  • 32% of teens

    report feeling β€œaddicted” to their smartphones

  • 79% of UK parents

    are concerned about their children's increased screen time since the pandemic.

  • 7 hours and 22 minutes/day

    UK teenagers now spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes per day on screensβ€”43% of their waking hours.

  • 1 in 4 socialise weekly

    In Europe, the share of young people who don't socialise at least once a week has risen from 1 in 10 to 1 in 4

  • 23% feel lonely

    A 2023 Gallup survey found that over 23% of individuals aged 15 and older felt lonely "a lot of the day" .

Yes, we’re on Instagram.

It might seem ironic, but we use it to meet parents where they already are β€” and gently invite them into more intentional offline moments.
It’s not about ditching tech entirely β€” it’s about using it consciously, then putting it down.
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