Screen-Free Meal Cards
Twenty conversation prompts for tables where no one knows what to say yet.
The most reliable predictor of healthier technology use isn't restriction — it's the presence of a real-world life that competes well: things to make, people to see, places to be, and rituals worth protecting.
Good for: tables where everyone has run out of things to ask
- 01
Print the cards and keep them where you eat.
- 02
One card per meal, answered by everyone including adults.
- 03
No follow-up questions unless the person invites them.
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