🛑 Verizon Wants You To Put Your Phone Down, But Not Until After Reading This!

Verizon wants you to put your phones away, and help celebrate Global Day of Unplugging! 

Verizon is spreading awareness about digital wellness through their new series of initiatives. The first ever Verizon Digital Summit in New York City shared collaborations with Sesame Workshop, Discovery Education, et. al, to help educate today's tech users and share informative ways to tackle technology overuse. 

Play games, collect coins, battle other families at Verizon Arcade Unplugged this weekend! 

Drew Barrymore with the Verizon appointed expert panel at the first ever Verizon Digital Wellness Summit in NYC on March 6, 2025. 

The Verizon Digital Wellness Summit was hosted by Hollywood royalty, Drew Barrymore, where she helped Verizon unveil a series of initiatives to promote healthy digital habits for families through new strategic partnerships and programs alongside a panel of experts.

• Discovery Education: Collaborating on a new Digital Citizenship Initiative to provide K-12 students with free tools, resources and skills needed to thrive in today’s digital world. Content is free on the website and to classrooms within the Discovery Education Experience, an essential K-12 companion for engaged classrooms. 
• Sesame Workshop: Conducting a research study with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center focused on digital well-being of children during key developmental ages of 8 to 12. The findings will address challenges families face with technology use and guide the creation of future digital wellness programs. 
• My Digital TAT2: Partnering to offer free workshops in select Verizon retail stores for parents and caregivers, providing tools to foster children's digital wellness and navigate emerging tech trends.
• Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP: Developing a new digital wellness course for older adults, delivered both in-person and virtually through SeniorPlanet.org, focusing on safe and effective technology use, privacy protection, and staying connected.

Verizon also helps provide families peace of mind through the Verizon Family app, which includes features like location sharing, Parental Controls, Safe Walk with SOS, Crash Detection and Roadside assistance to keep loved ones connected and protected. 

If your little one has no smartphone yet, then no problem! 

Verizon makes it easy to keep track of your children without the addition of adding an additional phone to your plan with the Gizmo Watch. 

The Gizmo Watch comes in a variety of fun colors to choose from and has an affordable price point, holds 8 GB of storage, it can take photos, connect to loved ones via the Verizon Family app, play games, and so much more -- all while staying off of a cell phone. The new Gizmo Adventure watch does not have a camera and is for more rugged play. 

Looking for something fun and free to do in NYC this weekend? Then check out the Verizon Arcade Unplugged! Book your appointment here. 

The Verizon Arcade Unplugged is going on the road starting in April. Families nationwide will experience this fun, action-packed head-to-head installation where your brains and brawn take precedence over your tech skills. Cities in California, Texas, and other major cities will start seeing Verizon Arcade Unplugged popping up!

Showcasing the importance of offline connections at the Verizon Arcade Unplugged:

• IRL Gaming: To coincide with the Global Day of Unplugging, Verizon is launching the Verizon Arcade Unplugged pop-up experience, transforming digital games into life-sized, interactive challenges to encourage screen-free family time. The activation will be open to select partners on Friday, March 7 and A Parently Kidding member families on Saturday, March 8. Limited general admission tickets are available here. 

  

Tools that help provide peace of mind in a digital world:

• All-in-One Protection with the Verizon Family app: With features like location sharing, Parental Controls, Safe Walk with SOS, Crash Detection and Roadside assistance to keep families connected and protected. The Verizon Family app is available for all Verizon mobile customers on postpaid plans through the App Store and Google Play. More information is available at verizon.com/verizonfamily and Parenting in a Digital World.

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