Teacher called...for a third time

[Anonymous]

I have 2 teens. One had an issue with looking at inappropriate material, downloaded apps we prohibited, etc. he is in 9th grade and still has a Gabb phone, and until we are satisfied that he will abide by our rules, he will continue to have that. Our other teen does not look at inappropriate materials, but he played video games on his phone for 3 to 5 hours during school. So with him, we have shut down his phone during school hours and that will continue to happen until we think he can self regulate.

My point is that, along with all the parents posting, there are so many ways that our kids can be addicted to phones and the incredible amount of content that is at their fingertips at a moments notice. I agree that it’s up to the parents to determine what the actual issues are with the kids and take immediate action. Even for me, I have to be very thoughtful about my own phone use. It really hit Home when I realize that every red light, I use that time to check my phone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Update: We spoke to the school again and only because we had requested educational testing back in Dec did the teachers uncover that the phone was an issue across classes. They're still fighting us on testing btw.

We also found out that the teachers encourage phone use at the end of class or during down time and refer to it as "open phone time".

We had no idea the culture was so permissive! How is our student supposed to have boundaries with technology when they encourage it?

Needless to say, we've put the hammer down and contacted a dr for a neuropsych to evaluate for adhd among other things.

So you took away the phone?

No she got mad at the school and then called a doctor to pursue a diagnosis

We were never once mad at the teacher or the school, we're elated that they cared enough to call. Troll.

You openly blame the teachers for not setting boundaries with the phone in the second paragraph even though it’s clear YOU haven’t set any boundaries with the phone.

Maybe work on reading comprehension. Expressing frustration is completely different. Who says we don't accept responsibility, we clearly do. But I guess you don't make any mistakes and your children are perfect...douches.

I read exactly what you wrote. You blamed the teachers for not setting boundaries and then called the doctor to try to get a diagnosis. Still no word on what you’ve done to quote “drop the hammer.”

[Anonymous]

Sounds like he needs a flip phone only.