Kiley DeMarco recently attended Safety Night at her children’s public elementary school on Long Island. Ms. DeMarco has two children, one in kindergarten and one in first grade. Asking parents in the same school to commit to holding back phones until a certain age made sense to her. “It totally takes the pressure off of us as parents,” she said. “Down the road, when my kids start begging for phones, we can say we signed this pledge for our community and we are sticking to it.”

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Persons: Kiley DeMarco, DeMarco, ”, “ Locations: Long