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Our wider Digital Bridge offering now includes parent webinars on pressures and parenting, induction sessions for Year 6 and Year 7 families, small-group support hosted in schools, digital awareness series for Sixth Formers, and even consultation for school leaders around digital policy alignment. We host whole-school digital challenges that engage entire communities and provide tailored coaching for staff on how to support families in their own digital routines. We now know that this model works, and we are committed to growing it across more schools in the region and beyond. Because at the heart of all of this is a belief that children deserve better, not just from their tech, but from us. They need connection, presence, and guidance. Up to the age of 18, and sometimes beyond. They spend unrestricted time outside of school from as young as three on
One parent told us after the Vision & Values Workshop: “We hadn’t spoken this honestly in years. I feel like I see my child again.” I include myself in this. I’ve worked hard to create boundaries around my own device use, turning off notifications, setting downtime, separating work and home devices, but like everyone, I’m still prone to an aimless scroll, and that is ok, sometimes. I’ve taught students who admitted to spending over 24 hours on TikTok over a single weekend. That kind of usage isn’t just about apps or screens. It’s about emotional needs, habit loops, and our collective relationship with technology and relationships with adults who can confidently guide them. What the Digital Wellbeing Research Project ultimately gave us was not just data, but direction. It showed us that change happens when people feel seen. When they feel safe to talk about what’s hard. When they have structure, support, and shared purpose. “What the Digital Wellbeing Research Project ultimately gave us was not just data, but direction.
their own personal device, we need to set standards from the moment we hand it over. That’s where our influence lives. That’s where their habits are formed. And that’s where education and wellbeing to be balanced, thoughtful, and human, then the work must start with us. Not with bans or panic, but with empathy, understanding, and a we must do the work. If we want the future of
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willingness to make better choices, together. EdRuption & Digital Bridge is led by Founder and CEO Philippa Wraithmell with her dynamic team; Payal Patel our Director of Digital Wellbeing and Community Engagement works directly with schools to create bespoke workshops as well as our current workshops, all of which are co- created by our Senior education consultant team Dan Franklin(UAE) and Aarti Malani (UK).
It showed us that change happens when people feel seen.”
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