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Catholic Families Pledge to Hit the Brakes on Smartphones, by Jonah McKeown – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Andrey K. Unsplash. Kids, smart phones

By Jonah McKeown, National Catholic Register, September 30, 2025

Jonah McKeown is a Register staff writer. He previously was a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic News Agency. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has worked as a writer, as a producer for public radio, and as a videographer. He is based in St. Louis.

 

‘Smart Families’ band together to delay kids’ digital use.

Jonah McKeownFor many parents, the dangers and downsides of giving their children smartphones — the time wasted scrolling online, potential exposure to inappropriate content, and the anxiety and depression that can come from social-media addiction — are obvious.

What is far less obvious to many parents, in a society saturated with smartphone use among adults and children alike, is how to say “No” when their son or daughter asks for one.

One Catholic-founded Texas-based group is attempting to offer a solution: banding school parents together under a pledge to keep smartphones and social media out of their kids’ hands, based both on a Catholic vision of the human person as well as scientific evidence about the development of the young brain. …

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