Bringing life + tech into harmony for a fully lived life.
270+
Communities
10,000+
Families Reached
10+ Programs
Supporting kids 0-18
OrganiZation Statement
We equip and mobilize communities to find balance: strengthening real-world connection, purpose and independence, and championing mindful, age-appropriate technology use.
The Balance Project is a national nonprofit shifting cultural norms and mobilizing communities to bring modern childhood into balance: championing a focus on real life, giving more freedom for kids to be kids, and ensuring technology is incorporated with intention — so every kid builds the foundation for a life fully lived.
Started by a group of parents in New Jersey, we've grown to nearly 300 communities across 48 states since November 2024.
The Challenge
The Solution
The Balance Project is a cultural movement that activates the whole village: parents, kids, schools, coaches and community leaders around the common goal of bringing modern childhood into balance.
We empower parents and communities to drive change by providing education, tools, programs and solutions that pair meaningful real-life experiences with mindful technology usage, giving kids the building blocks of healthy development and the skills they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
Modern childhood has drifted out of balance.
Over roughly a generation, a convergence of well-intentioned forces (safer parenting, academic and athletic ambitions, technology, the pull to optimize every free hour) quietly reshaped what childhood looks like. None of it came from a bad place. Most of it came from love.
But the shape has shifted. Kids today spend more time with screens than with each other, more energy on the next milestone than on discovering who they are, more hours in structured activities than wandering on their own terms. What's getting squeezed out is what they need most: unstructured play, deep friendship, boredom, age-appropriate risk, and the experience of being known for who they are, not what they produce.
Kids get one childhood to build the foundation everything else rests on. The good news: it's built in small, ordinary moments, and it's never too late to add more of them.
Programs Built to Shift Community Norms
Programs Built to Shift Community Norms Real change happens when families move together. That's why The Balance Project equips parents with ready-to-use programs and the hands-on support they need to make a real difference, right where their kids live, learn, and grow. Because no parent should have to figure this out alone.
Our programs address the many layers of modern childhood, from screen time and independence to connection and purpose. Parents can pick and choose which programs make sense for their community, and deploy them with confidence knowing ongoing, personalized support is there every step of the way.
Devices & Delights
〰️
Perspectives Panel
〰️
Stride & Ride
〰️
Tech Leap Year
〰️
The Balance Challenge
〰️
Devices & Delights 〰️ Perspectives Panel 〰️ Stride & Ride 〰️ Tech Leap Year 〰️ The Balance Challenge 〰️
Upcoming Events
Our communities
Don’t see your community listed? Click here to learn more about starting one, and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to connect!
find your path to balance
We’d love for you to join our movement. We offer support, guidance and a national community of like-minded parents that are “in it with you” every step of the way!
We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization that runs on charitable dollars.
Have something to add? We'd love to hear more.
