no screens

No devices allowed

No screens describes a deliberate period or policy of avoiding electronic displays—phones, tablets, computers, televisions.

Parents enforce no screens before homework or no screens at the dinner table.

Adults adopt no-screens rules for themselves: I'm doing no screens after 9 p.m.

The phrase reflects contemporary anxieties about technology's grip on attention.

Related

boredom · real life · books · nature · outdoors · fresh air · conversation · family dinner · quality time · presence · mindful · analog · old school · paper · board games · eye contact · imagination · daydream

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Opposites
screen access/usage

no screensscreen time

Duration on digital displays

binge-watching · always on

digital lifestyle

no screensplugged in

Attached to power source

chronically online

Family

noes, screen, screens, screened, screening, screener, screeners, screenings

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G