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Teenagers find their phones very important,” she says. “It makes them feel secure and safe, so taking away something that is important to them just causes more stress and more worry which makes situations worse at school and harder for teachers, supervisors [and] support workers to deal with.”

Sweetie, what you’re describing here are withdrawal symptoms from addiction

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No1@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

harder for teachers, supervisors [and] support workers to deal with.

Because they have to teach the kids what the word “No” means?

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- pulsewidth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yes, it is pretty hard for teachers and associated professionals to teach uncooperative high school kids about the word ‘no’ when their parents have been teaching them they can do whatever they want for 12 years.
  
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