Canadian parents are pledging to delay getting their kids smartphones. Here's why

Inspired by the Wait Until 8th movement in the United States, Unplugged Canada is asking parents to make a pledge to delay giving their kids smartphones until age 14. The group officially launched last weekend and has received 500 pledges so far.

Canadian parents are pledging to delay getting their kids smartphones. Here's why
A boy with eyeglasses, wearing an orange T-shirt and red sneakers, looks at a cellphone  as he sits beside his blue knapsack.

Inspired by the Wait Until 8th movement in the United States, Unplugged Canada is asking parents to make a pledge to delay giving their kids smartphones until age 14. The group officially launched last weekend and has received 500 pledges so far.