Mind Reclaim

Bring attention and creativity back home

Two pressures reach our children at once. Social feeds are built to hold their attention. Default AI can skip the work of learning. We help parents and schools set healthy boundaries — together, without scare stories.

Feeds steal time and focus. Default AI can skip the work of learning.

This website and the newsletter are our home. We post rarely on social media, and only to bring people back here.

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What is happening

Feeds are ranked to keep eyes moving — often not to help a child think or grow. At the same time, easy AI answers can skip the practice that builds understanding. That feeling that something is off is worth listening to. We name the design, not a villain.

How it works → · AI & learning → · Research →

What we want to protect

Attention, sleep, mood, learning, and real belonging. Limits help — especially when families and schools share the same calm rules, and when life is full of offline yeses.

Manifesto → · Better ways →

What we do

Mind Reclaim is parents and educators, voluntary, kitchen-table. We offer clear talks, simple kits, and shared norms for homes and schools. No fear stories. No conspiracy talk.

About → · Volunteer → · Invite us → · Kit →

For parents

You know your child best. Start with sleep, meals, and homework without the feed. Model one phone habit yourself. Agree when AI is allowed — and that they still explain the work in their own words. Ask another adult to back the same plan.

Better ways → · AI & learning → · Newsletter →

For communities and schools

One family alone has a hard job. Shared phone-free times, parent nights that explain design, and offline clubs make limits feel normal.

Invite us → · Volunteer → · Better ways →

Better ways to spend time

Saying no to the phone is not enough. Children need good things to say yes to: friends in person, movement, shared play, and time outside.

Read more: Better ways →

What you can do this week

  1. Say it simply: “This app is built to keep you here.”
  2. Protect one daily block without the feed.
  3. Put one offline yes on the calendar.
  4. Try alone before any AI help; explain the work in your own words.
  5. Ask two other adults to back the same rules.

Get the newsletter → · How it works →

Invite us to speak

Clear talks for parents, schools, and community groups — plain words, no scare tactics. Limits, parental example, and real-life alternatives.

Stay in touch—outside the feed

Short emails for parents and communities: simple language you can share, ideas that work at home and at school, and dates for talks. This is our main home. Social media is only a sign that points back here.

Double opt-in · short messages · leave anytime. Questions: hello@mindreclaim.org.

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