‘Look Up Challenge’ Encourages Kids To Put Down Their Phones Together

MEDFORD, MA — Sixth graders at the Mcglynn Middle School in Medford admit smartphones are a big part of life.

“A lot of people think their whole entire life revolves around this little thing that you can put in your pocket,” student Caroline Gomez McDonald said.

Student Kaitlyn Alves added, “Some people find it hard to be away from their phone and not get to see what’s happening.”

Distractions, pressure and wasted time are all things that forced Phillips Andover senior Juliet Gildehaus to make a change. “I have friends and we were saying, ‘why can’t we get off social media? Why are we sitting at dinner on Friday night and, instead of talking to each other, looking at our phones?'”

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