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How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life

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Catherine Price

Is How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

Explore the age guidance, content cautions, positive qualities, and supporting notes for How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price. This book is content notes include Products & advertising, Strong language; positive qualities include Educational value, Positive messages.

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Is this likely to fit your family?

Age guidanceNot listed
Strongest cautionsProducts & advertising 2/5 · Strong language 1/5
Strongest positivesEducational value 4/5 · Positive messages 4/5
Recommendation3.3/5

Educational value; strongest caution: products & advertising.

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Educational value; strongest caution: products & advertising.

Readiness snapshotMain watch-out: Products & advertising 2/5
Recommendation 3.3/5

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Oct 31, 2026Last updated

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Recommended ageNot listed

Strongest cautions

  • Products & advertising2/5
  • Strong language1/5

Strongest positives

  • Educational value4/5
  • Positive messages4/5
  • Good role models3/5

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What’s in it?

Products & advertising2/5
Why this rating?

Mentions tech companies and apps as subjects of analysis, not for advertising purposes.

Strong language1/5
Why this rating?

Language is clean and professional.

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No concern recorded in these categories

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What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience2/5
Why this rating?

Requires the courage to disconnect and face potential feelings of boredom or social anxiety.

Creativity & curiosity2/5
Why this rating?

Encourages readers to find more creative ways to spend their time once off the phone.

Educational value4/5
Why this rating?

Teaches psychology of habit formation and digital literacy skills.

Kindness & empathy2/5
Why this rating?

Encourages kindness to oneself during the process of habit change.

Positive messages4/5
Why this rating?

Strong emphasis on intentionality, mindful living, and personal accountability.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

The author serves as a responsible guide, sharing personal struggles and practical strategies.

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