WHAT IS
SCREENSTRONG?

ScreenStrong empowers families to prevent screen addiction and reclaim their kids from problematic screen use (social media, video games, and pornography). Our solutions are not screen-free; rather they replace toxic screen use with healthy activities, life skill development, and family connections.

The result? Strong kids. Strong families.

to be screenstrong

is to make a countercultural choice to move your child’s entertainment and social life from the online world back to the real in-person world.  

ScreenStrong's
Core Values

ScreenStrong successfully helps parents around the world prevent and reverse their children’s dependence on addictive screens. We help parents understand the science and identify solutions that address the problem at its core so they are empowered to delay smartphones and social media, and replace video games with healthy hobbies.

Build Healthy Families: Family connections and values are stronger when parents’ influence and
leadership is greater than peers and screen culture. 
Eliminate Toxic Screens: Technology can be a useful tool, but toxic screen use is harmful (video games,
social media, pornography), is not mandatory for any age child, and cannot be balanced.
Moderation
is a myth because a moderate amount of toxic screens is still harmful to children.
Develop Life Skills:
Learning life skills is more important than screen skills. 
Prioritize Authentic Relationships:
True communication and connections are developed in person—not on a screen. 
Dare to Be Different: Saying no to the use of addictive and toxic screens through adolescence
is the best prevention for screen dependency.

ABOUT FOUNDER & SPEAKER

Melanie Hempe

I help parents prevent screen addiction, rescue their kids, and enjoy family life again.

After her oldest son, Adam, dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe, BSN, put her nursing degree from Emory University to good use and founded ScreenStrong. It’s her mission to create educational programs for kids and parents so no one will experience the pain of screen addiction. Her ability to simplify medical science and provide practical solutions for families has allowed her to share her passion and bold screen solutions nationally. ScreenStrong has won the hearts of many families who are preventing and reversing childhood screen conflicts and addiction and are thrilled to experience a newfound freedom in their lives.

Melanie hosts the popular weekly ScreenStrong Families Podcast and has been featured in Psychology Today, Thrive-Global, The Wall Street Journal, A&E Network, CBS, CNN, NPR, Screened Out (the movie), and various news and television outlets. Her ScreenStrong Kids’ Brains and Screens Courses are available for parents and students. Her three books include: “Will Your Gamer Survive College?” “Can Your Teen Survive—and Thrive—Without a Smartphone?” and “The ScreenStrong Solution: How to free your child from addictive screen habits.

Melanie lives in North Carolina with her husband, Chris, and four children and is happy to report that Adam has finished college. They are also delighted to trade wasted hours spent on screens for reading good books, spending time with friends in their home, and sharing plenty of family fun. It’s never too late to win back your kids, and ScreenStrong is here to help you do that!

ScreenStrong is not anti-tech. Rather, we INSPIRE parents to call out dangerous
screen habits that are replacing real-life experiences and family connections. Every
family across the world has been affected by toxic digital products that are targeting
our youth. ScreenStrong is setting the BOLD STANDARD that all parents have been
waiting for. It’s time to stand up for our kids and join the movement today!

—Melanie Hempe, ScreenStrong Founder