Save the date! Screen-Free Week 2021
At CCFC, our favorite time of the year is Screen-Free Week! In a typical January, we would begin our annual process of supporting celebrants all over the globe – in schools, in neighborhoods, in whole cities and countries – who join us for an entire week of unplugging...
read moreUnplug to Get Cozy: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
When I was a kid, my little brother and I used to wait at the door for any packages delivered to my dad. As a sales rep, sometimes Dad would get samples of products ranging from mugs to stuffed animals to (our favorite) candy. But usually, it wasn’t what was inside...
read moreUnplug to Help: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
There are many ways we can organize to support one another via technology, but for young children, they need hands-on, concrete ways to help. Whether it’s chores around the house, making masks, or helping to deliver groceries for immunocompromised neighbors,...
read moreInspiring Youth: One Teen’s Solution to Screen Time Helps Peers and Elementary Schoolers
In this guest blog, high school student, Haydn Wolfers, shares her experience with her own digital wellness and how she’s spread knowledge about tech use to not only her peers, but also elementary schoolers who are just beginning to develop their digital health...
read moreAre you a nomophobe? One teen’s solution for reliance on phones
Teens, more than ever, are suffering from nomophobia- the fear of not having access to one’s phone. Rising highschool Junior, Celine Bernhardt-Lanier, offers her inspiring solutions for phone dependence in support of her peers.Imagine you come home from work or school...
read moreUnplug to Move: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Our ability to move our bodies throughout the week depends on so many things: space at home, outdoor access, our physical needs, and especially our time. That’s why this Screen-Free Saturday we invite you to Unplug to Move! This weekend, make a commitment to connect...
read moreUnplug to Read: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
For the past several years, we’ve partnered with the Children’s Book Council for a joint celebration of Children’s Book Week and Screen-Free Week! Even though we’re postponing our official celebration of Screen-Free Week this year, Children’s Book Week is still on,...
read moreUnplug to Feel: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Last week, the 8-year-old that I care for burst into the room and clung onto my legs. She sobbed, “I don’t want mommy and daddy to have COVID.” Her dad had shown symptoms that morning, and her parents, both doctors, were on their way to get tested. Her worry had...
read moreUnplug to Get Outside: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Did you know that even just a view of the outdoors has tremendous benefits for our bodies, brains, and hearts? Getting outside will look a little different this year, and Screen-Free Saturdays are the perfect opportunity to explore new outdoor adventures....
read moreQuestions? Contact Us!
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
89 South St
Boston, MA 02111

Future Celebrations
2022: May 2 - 8