Comment on Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 months agoBorn on Europe on 1985. We never had a ban on phones (later “feature phones”). We couldn’t use them in class, same as the game boy, a comic or a Walkman.
Now schools force Chromebooks/ewaste with laughable restrictions.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I’m absolutely in favor of schools disallowing use of phones in class, but I’m against them being banned. If kids want to use them between classes, that’s fine, as long as they don’t use them in class.
natecox@programming.dev 4 months ago
blarghly@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The fact that you used the term we usually use to describe quitting alcohol and cigarettes is probably a good sign that they should be banned.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Agree with this, but I don’t supply my kids with phones at all, despite their friends having them. If there’s an emergency, they can go to the office or ask their teacher. If that’s not possible, the school will likely call instead (e.g. when there was a bomb threat a could of couple years ago).
I have chosen to not give my kids phones, but I also think other parents should be allowed to choose differently. Everyone’s circumstances are different, and I don’t want the government stepping in to make parenting decisions for me, even if my decisions would be the same. That’s overreach and I will absolutely oppose it.
natecox@programming.dev 4 months ago
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 4 months ago
And what if they get into trouble on their way home? Or the way to the bus, supermarket or whatnot?