New cell phone policy for 2026-2027

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

That last period teacher probably hated you if you were constantly emailing her about changes in dismissal plans. Are you that disorganized that dismissal plans changed often enough to need to constantly email a teacher about them?

Thank God most parents have much better executive function; can you imagine if that poor teacher had to communicate dismissal plans to 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 kids in her class?

My child had a private lesson after school that sometimes got cancelled last minute from the instructor. It required a change from kiss n ride to the bus then. It has nothing to do with my executive function you disgusting POS.

Wow, get help.

Get help for what? Someone literally insulted my executive functioning for something beyond my control and for what the school told me to do? Explain how you would have handled it.

I would have found a more reliable tutor, for one thing!

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

By the time they see it they would have missed the bus. And my child actually didn’t get a phone until a few months in during 8th grade. So no, I don’t actually have an addicted to a phone kid because we waited until 8th and had strict rules.

So.....you're complaining about your child needing a phone because of your unreliable tutor/teacher, but your child didn't have a phone so you had to email the teacher, but your child needs a phone because of an unreliable tutor? I'm so confused at this point. I think you need to change your child's lesson schedule because clearly you and the teacher can't handle it.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

I have to constantly check my cellphone as part of my job. It’s time we accepted that kids’ use of Snapchat and instagram is part of training for their future jobs. We’re expected to be able to toggle between emails and texts and paying attention in meetings at work. When kids are texting and playing games during a lecture at school they’re learning essential skills that they’ll have to be able to apply in the real world. Paying attention to a class without any distractions actually probably harms their ability to develop skills at multitasking.

I assume this is satire. If not, it sounds like you need to establish some boundaries with your employer. I don't use my personal phone for work, I rarely check my phone throughout the work day. I don't expect my employees to use their personal phones for work.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

I have to constantly check my cellphone as part of my job. It’s time we accepted that kids’ use of Snapchat and instagram is part of training for their future jobs. We’re expected to be able to toggle between emails and texts and paying attention in meetings at work. When kids are texting and playing games during a lecture at school they’re learning essential skills that they’ll have to be able to apply in the real world. Paying attention to a class without any distractions actually probably harms their ability to develop skills at multitasking.

Oh my. You are equating Snapchat, Instagram, and computer games to work-related tasks an adult needs to complete? Are you serious?

I'm sure every time you check your phone during the day it's for work...

Actually, it is. My phone is in my my purse, in a desk drawer. I do not access it unless it is to access tue verification codes that I have to enter into my work computer in order to do my job. Otherwise, my phone is not checked during work.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

That last period teacher probably hated you if you were constantly emailing her about changes in dismissal plans. Are you that disorganized that dismissal plans changed often enough to need to constantly email a teacher about them?

Thank God most parents have much better executive function; can you imagine if that poor teacher had to communicate dismissal plans to 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 kids in her class?

My child had a private lesson after school that sometimes got cancelled last minute from the instructor. It required a change from kiss n ride to the bus then. It has nothing to do with my executive function you disgusting POS.

Wow, get help.

Get help for what? Someone literally insulted my executive functioning for something beyond my control and for what the school told me to do? Explain how you would have handled it.

I would have found a more reliable tutor, for one thing!

Sounds like this would have solved PP's problem for sure!

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

By the time they see it they would have missed the bus. And my child actually didn’t get a phone until a few months in during 8th grade. So no, I don’t actually have an addicted to a phone kid because we waited until 8th and had strict rules.

Then they are slow. Buses don’t leave until 10-15 minutes after the bell rings.

3:00, bell rings
3:01, phone is turned on
3:02, text appears telling her to take the bus

If she can’t make it outside to the bus in 8-13 minutes, there are bigger issues. What is blocking her/slowing her down? There are no longer lockers at most schools, so kids literally are outside within 1-2 minutes of the bell ringing even at my monstrous school.

But also, families had no issue handling this before phones. If after school plans change (kid needs to ride the bus vs get picked up), you just call the school. They will send a note to the classroom for the child with one of the zillions of office assistant kids. There are policies in place that work fine, and they will work fine next year too.

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Anonymous wrote:All of the parents complaining about this are anxious, helicopter, unable to cope, have entitled brat kids, or anxious kids (who could benefit from less phone time) or all of the above.

I know you’d just love to think this is true but it’s not. Believe it or not there are good kids who aren't as screen addicted as your own child and can handle phone access at lunch and not have it interfere during instructional time whatsoever.

Sorry your raised the type of kid who actually needs a ban on their phone at lunch.

This may be hard to believe, but I have a kid who’s responsible with phone use and I’m still fine with away for the day. All research says it’s for the greater good.

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I love this. Time to start making friends, making weekend plans, passing notes, etc. ya know.. what we used to do at lunch at school.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

By the time they see it they would have missed the bus. And my child actually didn’t get a phone until a few months in during 8th grade. So no, I don’t actually have an addicted to a phone kid because we waited until 8th and had strict rules.

Then they are slow. Buses don’t leave until 10-15 minutes after the bell rings.

3:00, bell rings
3:01, phone is turned on
3:02, text appears telling her to take the bus

If she can’t make it outside to the bus in 8-13 minutes, there are bigger issues. What is blocking her/slowing her down? There are no longer lockers at most schools, so kids literally are outside within 1-2 minutes of the bell ringing even at my monstrous school.

But also, families had no issue handling this before phones. If after school plans change (kid needs to ride the bus vs get picked up), you just call the school. They will send a note to the classroom for the child with one of the zillions of office assistant kids. There are policies in place that work fine, and they will work fine next year too.

You didn’t read the thread, did you? I explained that this was before the phone and the office actually would not send a message. They literally told me to email the last period teacher to tell the change in dismissal plans.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

By the time they see it they would have missed the bus. And my child actually didn’t get a phone until a few months in during 8th grade. So no, I don’t actually have an addicted to a phone kid because we waited until 8th and had strict rules.

Then they are slow. Buses don’t leave until 10-15 minutes after the bell rings.

3:00, bell rings
3:01, phone is turned on
3:02, text appears telling her to take the bus

If she can’t make it outside to the bus in 8-13 minutes, there are bigger issues. What is blocking her/slowing her down? There are no longer lockers at most schools, so kids literally are outside within 1-2 minutes of the bell ringing even at my monstrous school.

But also, families had no issue handling this before phones. If after school plans change (kid needs to ride the bus vs get picked up), you just call the school. They will send a note to the classroom for the child with one of the zillions of office assistant kids. There are policies in place that work fine, and they will work fine next year too.

You didn’t read the thread, did you? I explained that this was before the phone and the office actually would not send a message. They literally told me to email the last period teacher to tell the change in dismissal plans.

If this was before the phone, your argument is 100% irrelevant. The thread is about phone usage, and the PP gave an example of how a student with a phone could still retrieve a message after the final bell rings, before getting on a bus.

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

I have to constantly check my cellphone as part of my job. It’s time we accepted that kids’ use of Snapchat and instagram is part of training for their future jobs. We’re expected to be able to toggle between emails and texts and paying attention in meetings at work. When kids are texting and playing games during a lecture at school they’re learning essential skills that they’ll have to be able to apply in the real world. Paying attention to a class without any distractions actually probably harms their ability to develop skills at multitasking.

Oh my. You are equating Snapchat, Instagram, and computer games to work-related tasks an adult needs to complete? Are you serious?

I'm sure every time you check your phone during the day it's for work...

The poster who made that comment said, "I have to constantly check my chellphone as part of my job." So one is assuming that he's checking his phone because work is coming onto his phone through some medium. Then he goes on to equate that to Instagram, Snapchat and games for his kid who is in school and using the phone. I think there's definitely a disconnect there. If he's checking his phone at work to kill time and surfing Instagram and other social media while he's at work, then he should be clear that he's checking his phone which has nothing to do with his job, but it's a way to get a dopamine hit. But using his words verbatim, that's not what he said!

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

By the time they see it they would have missed the bus. And my child actually didn’t get a phone until a few months in during 8th grade. So no, I don’t actually have an addicted to a phone kid because we waited until 8th and had strict rules.

Then they are slow. Buses don’t leave until 10-15 minutes after the bell rings.

3:00, bell rings
3:01, phone is turned on
3:02, text appears telling her to take the bus

If she can’t make it outside to the bus in 8-13 minutes, there are bigger issues. What is blocking her/slowing her down? There are no longer lockers at most schools, so kids literally are outside within 1-2 minutes of the bell ringing even at my monstrous school.

But also, families had no issue handling this before phones. If after school plans change (kid needs to ride the bus vs get picked up), you just call the school. They will send a note to the classroom for the child with one of the zillions of office assistant kids. There are policies in place that work fine, and they will work fine next year too.

You didn’t read the thread, did you? I explained that this was before the phone and the office actually would not send a message. They literally told me to email the last period teacher to tell the change in dismissal plans.

I'm sorry but what was your point anyway? Why does your kid need a phone? Does he still have the same unreliable tutor?

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Anonymous wrote:Now high school kids can’t even use their phone at lunch. Are you kidding me?? How ridiculous.

Did an insecure parent or phone dependent-student start this gripe thread? Hard to know the difference really.

No, a parent with common sense. Kids sometimes need to text their parents and vice versa for whatever reason. It’s not a crime.

Somehow in the way back times, people survived high school without the ability to text parents and vice versa. How ever did we all survive????

The world wasn’t digitized then. We have evolved. Sometimes we need to send a quick text about after school plans to our child and it’s super easy and convenient and you know they will get the message. When my child was in middle school I was constantly emailing his last period teacher about changes in dismissal plans and it was nerve wracking not knowing if she would check the message or remember to give it. Now that we have texting we should be able to use it to communicate with our kids. Lunch is the perfect time for them to read it. I really donut see the need to take them away at lunch. The cafeteria is probably quieter too.

This sounds like a YOU problem. I've NEVER had to contact anyone at either of my children's schools about last minute changes to their dismissal plans. There have been a few time when my middle schooler has had an after school program cancelled and she came home on the bus instead of needing to be picked up, but she texted me at the end of the day and used her key to let herself in when she got home.

So in that case the school communicated to your child that the after school program got cancelled. My child didn’t know the after school private lesson got cancelled because the instructor contacted me to cancel. I would then call the school to tell them but they told me to email the last period teacher. That was the only way my child knew to catch the bus home isntead. Explain to me how else this could have been done.

You text your kid, and kid turns on their phone at 3:00 and sees it. They don't need to see it at noon.

I have to constantly check my cellphone as part of my job. It’s time we accepted that kids’ use of Snapchat and instagram is part of training for their future jobs. We’re expected to be able to toggle between emails and texts and paying attention in meetings at work. When kids are texting and playing games during a lecture at school they’re learning essential skills that they’ll have to be able to apply in the real world. Paying attention to a class without any distractions actually probably harms their ability to develop skills at multitasking.

Oh my. You are equating Snapchat, Instagram, and computer games to work-related tasks an adult needs to complete? Are you serious?

I'm sure every time you check your phone during the day it's for work...

The poster who made that comment said, "I have to constantly check my chellphone as part of my job." So one is assuming that he's checking his phone because work is coming onto his phone through some medium. Then he goes on to equate that to Instagram, Snapchat and games for his kid who is in school and using the phone. I think there's definitely a disconnect there. If he's checking his phone at work to kill time and surfing Instagram and other social media while he's at work, then he should be clear that he's checking his phone which has nothing to do with his job, but it's a way to get a dopamine hit. But using his words verbatim, that's not what he said!

*she*

Women have jobs, too, you know.

Or maybe you don't. Do all your friends sit around and eat bonbons all day like you?

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Anonymous wrote:Eh - if I need my kid to know something I just send him an email through his school gmail. I have the password and it's how we communicated when he was at before he got a phone. I send him an email as him to himself with reminders etc.

I do the same with my ES kid who doesn’t have a phone. It’s very easy,

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh - if I need my kid to know something I just send him an email through his school gmail. I have the password and it's how we communicated when he was at before he got a phone. I send him an email as him to himself with reminders etc.

I do the same with my ES kid who doesn’t have a phone. It’s very easy,

There’s no guarantee the kid will read the email in time. This happens all the time for my non screen addicted kid.