Banning and confiscating phones?

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

This is one of the many valid reasons why phones are necessary. Confiscating them is just a knee jerk reaction that ignores the root problem.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

Exactly. I have a peanut allergy. Never needed a phone growing up.

You were lucky. Very lucky or it wasn't serious. It really depends on the school staff. Ours were irresponsible on many levels.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

That is incredibly scary. Why did the teacher deny your student medical services or not call for help?

They gave the food and wanted to cover it up. Teacher was terrible on many levels.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

So you are always 5min from your kid?

Again, the time it takes you to get to the school, get buzzed in and tell the office what's going on, your kid could've just gone down to the health office and got an epipen.

Teach your kids to manage their allergies. You won't be 5min away from them every single time. You must literally have to tag along to every event otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

So you are always 5min from your kid?

Again, the time it takes you to get to the school, get buzzed in and tell the office what's going on, your kid could've just gone down to the health office and got an epipen.

Teach your kids to manage their allergies. You won't be 5min away from them every single time. You must literally have to tag along to every event otherwise.

Seriously. The parent being the sole intervener for a high-school aged kid with allergies is unrealistic. And getting so in 5 minutes or less is like superman-level speed.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

So you are always 5min from your kid?

Again, the time it takes you to get to the school, get buzzed in and tell the office what's going on, your kid could've just gone down to the health office and got an epipen.

Teach your kids to manage their allergies. You won't be 5min away from them every single time. You must literally have to tag along to every event otherwise.

Unfortunately, if they do what the crazies want, the teachers will be so busy confiscating phones, enforcing the criminal code, and monitoring bathrooms that they just be attentive to real problems like deadly allergies.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

So you are always 5min from your kid?

Again, the time it takes you to get to the school, get buzzed in and tell the office what's going on, your kid could've just gone down to the health office and got an epipen.

Teach your kids to manage their allergies. You won't be 5min away from them every single time. You must literally have to tag along to every event otherwise.

Unfortunately, if they do what the crazies want, the teachers will be so busy confiscating phones, enforcing the criminal code, and monitoring bathrooms that they just be attentive to real problems like deadly allergies.

again, no need to take away phones. They just need to get phone pouches.

And you need to teach your kid to manage their allergies.

Teachers need to pay attention to teaching, not your kid's allergies.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

We survived as a species for a pretty long time without phones. You'll be okay.

For real!! Let them process a day and plan in advance. Instant gratification has made their minds mush

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

Exactly. I have a peanut allergy. Never needed a phone growing up.

You were lucky. Very lucky or it wasn't serious. It really depends on the school staff. Ours were irresponsible on many levels.

Do you know how many people have had allergies over the past century and no cell phone.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

Exactly. I have a peanut allergy. Never needed a phone growing up.

You were lucky. Very lucky or it wasn't serious. It really depends on the school staff. Ours were irresponsible on many levels.

Do you know how many people have had allergies over the past century and no cell phone.

Agree. One allergy helicopter mom here is the only one against it.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

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Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

Exactly. I have a peanut allergy. Never needed a phone growing up.

You were lucky. Very lucky or it wasn't serious. It really depends on the school staff. Ours were irresponsible on many levels.

Do you know how many people have had allergies over the past century and no cell phone.

Agree. One allergy helicopter mom here is the only one against it.

Actually some crazy right wing AstroTurfers are the only ones for it.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.

100% that kids with allergies need phones to protect themselves by having the ability to call for help in an emergency rather than depending on school personnel or fellow students. Far too many teachers and administrators, even today, seem to think food allergies are made up or exaggerated. They can’t fathom that something they find benign and tasty, like peanuts, can be life threatening to someone else.

If your kid is having an allergic reaction, who is your kid going to call? You? Do you live 2min away from school? By the time you get there, go through the office to get buzzed in, tell the admin what's going on, what would happen to your kid?

If the allergic reaction is that bad they should have an epi-pen with them at all times. If it's not that bad, they can go to the office and have admin deal with it. That would be a lot faster than calling you.

I think you are the one with a knee jerk reaction and not thinking things through.

I was 5 minutes from the school and yes, I've gone running several times. They have to get the teacher's permission to go to the office and this particular teacher didn't get the particular food allergy and wasn't careful and decided kid was ok. ER said otherwise. Teachers should not be making medical decisions. They also should not be buying food and handing it out without asking parents first. And, if a parent specifically says don't feed my child and don't touch my child if you have xxx on your hands, they should take it seriously.

So you are always 5min from your kid?

Again, the time it takes you to get to the school, get buzzed in and tell the office what's going on, your kid could've just gone down to the health office and got an epipen.

Teach your kids to manage their allergies. You won't be 5min away from them every single time. You must literally have to tag along to every event otherwise.

Unfortunately, if they do what the crazies want, the teachers will be so busy confiscating phones, enforcing the criminal code, and monitoring bathrooms that they just be attentive to real problems like deadly allergies.

Agree, I'd ratherly focus on teaching My kid is able to manage their phone. In fact, school mode keeps it locked down during school hours. t's not an mcps problem but one any parent can solve for themselves if they care to.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think an outright ban has enough political consensus to pass.

As it stands, MCPS has a toothless cell phone policy which SAYS kids aren't supposed to use them during class and only before, after school and lunch. But they have no way to enforce it so they do what they want and when they want.

I don't know what the solution is, because turning teachers into the cell phone police doesn't work either. So we're stuck with the current state of affairs unless someone can come up with a solution that the majority of parents, teachers, students and administrators can tolerate. Which has been pretty much Mission Impossible for the last decade.

Op here and I agree with this. Because when I was in school, only a handful had beepers but now almost every kid has a phone. It’s not fair to turn teachers into electronic police. I’m just work shopping solutions to these ever-growing problems given this morning’s security communication.

Which is why I stated that the BOE has to implement the policy of no phone in class. The phone pouches are a good way to do this. The teachers can have the device to unlock their phones in case of an emergency. Otherwise, the kids have their phones but cannot use them as they are locked in the pouch.

If they can't use them, the benefit to having them is gone. Children need to learn how to manage phone use. They learn that by practicing it at a young age when stakes are lower than when they get their first job and get fired because they can't control their own phone use.

I can't tell if this is a serious post.

They can learn it from their parents at home, not at school. Teachers aren't parents, right?

If they can't manage it as an adult, then that's a parenting failure, and too bad for said young adult. Natural consequences.

PP and yes I’m serious. I think kids should learn when they are young how to cope with tech young rather than be thrown to the wolves when they leave home.

Also I didn’t post this earlier but I got my child a cell phone in ES after an MCPS teacher abused my child and others. Kids reported it to parents and parents complained. She was able to convince administrators kids were lying for months before a parent confronted her and got her to acknowledge her abuse in an email. An example is my child needed medical treatment because the teacher punished her by denying bathroom access, which caused her to go in her pants which then caused her to be teased and bullied.

A single kid with a cell phone could have stopped most of this teacher’s abuse. Oh and the teacher was disciplined but is still in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think an outright ban has enough political consensus to pass.

As it stands, MCPS has a toothless cell phone policy which SAYS kids aren't supposed to use them during class and only before, after school and lunch. But they have no way to enforce it so they do what they want and when they want.

I don't know what the solution is, because turning teachers into the cell phone police doesn't work either. So we're stuck with the current state of affairs unless someone can come up with a solution that the majority of parents, teachers, students and administrators can tolerate. Which has been pretty much Mission Impossible for the last decade.

Op here and I agree with this. Because when I was in school, only a handful had beepers but now almost every kid has a phone. It’s not fair to turn teachers into electronic police. I’m just work shopping solutions to these ever-growing problems given this morning’s security communication.

Which is why I stated that the BOE has to implement the policy of no phone in class. The phone pouches are a good way to do this. The teachers can have the device to unlock their phones in case of an emergency. Otherwise, the kids have their phones but cannot use them as they are locked in the pouch.

If they can't use them, the benefit to having them is gone. Children need to learn how to manage phone use. They learn that by practicing it at a young age when stakes are lower than when they get their first job and get fired because they can't control their own phone use.

I can't tell if this is a serious post.

They can learn it from their parents at home, not at school. Teachers aren't parents, right?

If they can't manage it as an adult, then that's a parenting failure, and too bad for said young adult. Natural consequences.

PP and yes I’m serious. I think kids should learn when they are young how to cope with tech young rather than be thrown to the wolves when they leave home.

Also I didn’t post this earlier but I got my child a cell phone in ES after an MCPS teacher abused my child and others. Kids reported it to parents and parents complained. She was able to convince administrators kids were lying for months before a parent confronted her and got her to acknowledge her abuse in an email. An example is my child needed medical treatment because the teacher punished her by denying bathroom access, which caused her to go in her pants which then caused her to be teased and bullied.

A single kid with a cell phone could have stopped most of this teacher’s abuse. Oh and the teacher was disciplined but is still in MCPS.

Agree, this far outweighs the negatives to me. Further, parents can parent. They have options like setting a phone in school mode. It's the same old cranks who expect MCPS to raise their kids who are pushing this.