What the heck is so controversial about forcing kids to stow their phones during the school day? As if school can compete w/ social media and everything else competing for their attention w/ dark patterns. I'm surprised this isn't more common.
It can't be a shock to find kids actually learn better and are overall happier and healthier when they're *forced* to remain separate from their mobile devices for the better part of a day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/20/schools-ban-cellphones-virginia-impact/
Nobody would have questioned a Game Boy ban in its heyday.
A phone is a game console too. It should be banned for the same reasons.
Phones have other uses, too. But those uses are completely out of place at school too.
By the way, most of those are out of place at work and many other places too.
But phone addiction is so widespread most of people is not aware of how bad it is.
If you usually check your phone while talking with someone, with no specific reason to do so, you have a problem.
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The cold reality remains that kids & parents need to be in contact when there’s a school shooting.