Cell phone ban in schools

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Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Who said anything about another child's phone? There's this thing called the front office. You just make assumptions constantly. Always wrong too. It's laughable and also, pathetic.

Front office is not equipt to have dozens of kids using their phones.

Admin secretary here. Kids are allowed to use the phone. Period. There's never "dozens". Most kids don't rely on their parents for everything and certainly not high schoolers. Your kids sound so far behind the students I deal with on a regular basis. Good luck to them in the real world, they will absolutely need it.

That's not true as my kid has asked and been told no. And, I called to verify. Some schools, yes, others no. How is a kid behind if they miss the bus and call a parent to pick them up as they are not walking distance and there are no public buses? What happens if its after school hours when the office is closed?

I call BS. This did not happen. Your child did not miss the bus and have the office refuse him the right to a phone call.

[Anonymous]

Like others have stated, if the phone is supposed to be away all day in a locker that doesn't prevent the child from making a call AFTER SCHOOL if precious child needs to make arrangements for pickup.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Huh? I’m not ranting and no he didn’t use another kids phone. Nor did he use a cell phone at all. He worked it out, just like your kid would. Do you not have any confidence that your kids have the skills to problem solve with relying on a phone? I wonder how you can possibly have prepared your child for the world if they are apparently so unable to function without a cell phone at all times.

My kid would work it out by calling us and one of us would go get them...That's kinda sad that your kids cannot ask you for help. Why are you sending your kid with a phone if you are so against them. We had pay phones back in the day and would use them to call parents.

You are so beyond dumb. You truly sound insane. Please read again. My kid worked it out by calling us and one of us went to get him. Because he didn’t need a phone on his person to do this. The lack of pay phones does not mean that phones are not available. A lack of a cell phone does not mean that a child cannot call a parent when necessary. Cell phones are not the only phones on the planet. Were you this incapable as a child/teenager that you couldn’t problem solve without a 24 hr a day lifeline to mommy? Because that’s what you are claiming your child needs.

And you keep repeating this idiotic refrain that if I’m so against phones why do I send my child with one. Have you listened to yourself??? No one has said they are against phones. They are a tool and a useful one. But they are a distraction in the classroom and they are unnecessary during the school day. Now you know that is what is being said here but you keep claiming otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Huh? I’m not ranting and no he didn’t use another kids phone. Nor did he use a cell phone at all. He worked it out, just like your kid would. Do you not have any confidence that your kids have the skills to problem solve with relying on a phone? I wonder how you can possibly have prepared your child for the world if they are apparently so unable to function without a cell phone at all times.

My kid would work it out by calling us and one of us would go get them...That's kinda sad that your kids cannot ask you for help. Why are you sending your kid with a phone if you are so against them. We had pay phones back in the day and would use them to call parents.

You are so beyond dumb. You truly sound insane. Please read again. My kid worked it out by calling us and one of us went to get him. Because he didn’t need a phone on his person to do this. The lack of pay phones does not mean that phones are not available. A lack of a cell phone does not mean that a child cannot call a parent when necessary. Cell phones are not the only phones on the planet. Were you this incapable as a child/teenager that you couldn’t problem solve without a 24 hr a day lifeline to mommy? Because that’s what you are claiming your child needs.

And you keep repeating this idiotic refrain that if I’m so against phones why do I send my child with one. Have you listened to yourself??? No one has said they are against phones. They are a tool and a useful one. But they are a distraction in the classroom and they are unnecessary during the school day. Now you know that is what is being said here but you keep claiming otherwise.

Exactly! All of this.

They simply do not need the phones. Teachers will tell you that SO many parents text their kids during the day to ask stupid questions like "what do you want for dinner." I'm all for banning cell phones and returning things to normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

OMFG this comment about the darn pay phones. Someone else said this about kids going out to the street lights came on. "Well they had pay phones." I never lived in a suburban neighborhood that had random payphone on corners. And I graduated in 92 and there was 2 payphones in the gym hallway of my high school and one was always broken and it wasn't like the other one was being used that much. We used the office phone - also no line.

I mean what kind of emergencies are popping up that hundreds of kids need to call Mommy.

We had a bank of pay phones at my high school. I don't know anyone who used them to call their parents, but I did know a kid who used one to call in a bomb threat (he wasn't that bright and was caught very quickly)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like others have stated, if the phone is supposed to be away all day in a locker that doesn't prevent the child from making a call AFTER SCHOOL if precious child needs to make arrangements for pickup.

Do you not get that arrangements can get complicated? Let’s say I’m supposed to pick up my child Larlo and Larlo’s friend at 4:30 after xyz afterschool club. On the morning announcements xyz club is canceled. Larlo isn’t allowed to use his phone all day so he calls me after school at 3pm to say he’s riding the bus home but he doesn’t have a key and it’s raining and the bus driver wouldn’t let Larlo’s friend ride his bus so Larlo’s friend stayed at school but his parent can’t pick him up because they are in a meeting downtown so could I race from whatever I am doing and pick up Larlo’s friend from school immediately (90 minutes earlier than planned) and then let Larlo in the house because he’s locked out? With a quick text in the morning, I could have rearranged my day to just pick up both kids at dismissal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Like others have stated, if the phone is supposed to be away all day in a locker that doesn't prevent the child from making a call AFTER SCHOOL if precious child needs to make arrangements for pickup.

Do you not get that arrangements can get complicated? Let’s say I’m supposed to pick up my child Larlo and Larlo’s friend at 4:30 after xyz afterschool club. On the morning announcements xyz club is canceled. Larlo isn’t allowed to use his phone all day so he calls me after school at 3pm to say he’s riding the bus home but he doesn’t have a key and it’s raining and the bus driver wouldn’t let Larlo’s friend ride his bus so Larlo’s friend stayed at school but his parent can’t pick him up because they are in a meeting downtown so could I race from whatever I am doing and pick up Larlo’s friend from school immediately (90 minutes earlier than planned) and then let Larlo in the house because he’s locked out? With a quick text in the morning, I could have rearranged my day to just pick up both kids at dismissal.

The answer in this scenario is give your kid a key to the house no matter whether you're picking them up or they're catching the bus home. How do you not recognize that?

[Anonymous]

Im a teacher and grateful for no cell phones. Parents and students alike are addicts. It will soon be time to get family services involved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Who said anything about another child's phone? There's this thing called the front office. You just make assumptions constantly. Always wrong too. It's laughable and also, pathetic.

Front office is not equipt to have dozens of kids using their phones.

Admin secretary here. Kids are allowed to use the phone. Period. There's never "dozens". Most kids don't rely on their parents for everything and certainly not high schoolers. Your kids sound so far behind the students I deal with on a regular basis. Good luck to them in the real world, they will absolutely need it.

That's not true as my kid has asked and been told no. And, I called to verify. Some schools, yes, others no. How is a kid behind if they miss the bus and call a parent to pick them up as they are not walking distance and there are no public buses? What happens if its after school hours when the office is closed?

I call BS. This did not happen. Your child did not miss the bus and have the office refuse him the right to a phone call.

The point is what happens after school. Our school office is closed by 3:00. So what happens when kids stay till 5-11 or so at night?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like others have stated, if the phone is supposed to be away all day in a locker that doesn't prevent the child from making a call AFTER SCHOOL if precious child needs to make arrangements for pickup.

Do you not get that arrangements can get complicated? Let’s say I’m supposed to pick up my child Larlo and Larlo’s friend at 4:30 after xyz afterschool club. On the morning announcements xyz club is canceled. Larlo isn’t allowed to use his phone all day so he calls me after school at 3pm to say he’s riding the bus home but he doesn’t have a key and it’s raining and the bus driver wouldn’t let Larlo’s friend ride his bus so Larlo’s friend stayed at school but his parent can’t pick him up because they are in a meeting downtown so could I race from whatever I am doing and pick up Larlo’s friend from school immediately (90 minutes earlier than planned) and then let Larlo in the house because he’s locked out? With a quick text in the morning, I could have rearranged my day to just pick up both kids at dismissal.

The answer in this scenario is give your kid a key to the house no matter whether you're picking them up or they're catching the bus home. How do you not recognize that?

They should have a key or electronic lock BUT, it would be considerate to tell the parent so they aren't rearranging their day to pick up the kids because there is no bus. See how that works? You must never drive your kids. Our activities get changed regularly at the last minute. Or, kids have to go home and go back for activities as they are scheduled later in the day. There is a lot involved for some kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Huh? I’m not ranting and no he didn’t use another kids phone. Nor did he use a cell phone at all. He worked it out, just like your kid would. Do you not have any confidence that your kids have the skills to problem solve with relying on a phone? I wonder how you can possibly have prepared your child for the world if they are apparently so unable to function without a cell phone at all times.

My kid would work it out by calling us and one of us would go get them...That's kinda sad that your kids cannot ask you for help. Why are you sending your kid with a phone if you are so against them. We had pay phones back in the day and would use them to call parents.

You are so beyond dumb. You truly sound insane. Please read again. My kid worked it out by calling us and one of us went to get him. Because he didn’t need a phone on his person to do this. The lack of pay phones does not mean that phones are not available. A lack of a cell phone does not mean that a child cannot call a parent when necessary. Cell phones are not the only phones on the planet. Were you this incapable as a child/teenager that you couldn’t problem solve without a 24 hr a day lifeline to mommy? Because that’s what you are claiming your child needs.

And you keep repeating this idiotic refrain that if I’m so against phones why do I send my child with one. Have you listened to yourself??? No one has said they are against phones. They are a tool and a useful one. But they are a distraction in the classroom and they are unnecessary during the school day. Now you know that is what is being said here but you keep claiming otherwise.

I can see why your kids would avoid calling you for help. Its ok, we are the parents who would help them out. We know your type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Huh? I’m not ranting and no he didn’t use another kids phone. Nor did he use a cell phone at all. He worked it out, just like your kid would. Do you not have any confidence that your kids have the skills to problem solve with relying on a phone? I wonder how you can possibly have prepared your child for the world if they are apparently so unable to function without a cell phone at all times.

My kid would work it out by calling us and one of us would go get them...That's kinda sad that your kids cannot ask you for help. Why are you sending your kid with a phone if you are so against them. We had pay phones back in the day and would use them to call parents.

You are so beyond dumb. You truly sound insane. Please read again. My kid worked it out by calling us and one of us went to get him. Because he didn’t need a phone on his person to do this. The lack of pay phones does not mean that phones are not available. A lack of a cell phone does not mean that a child cannot call a parent when necessary. Cell phones are not the only phones on the planet. Were you this incapable as a child/teenager that you couldn’t problem solve without a 24 hr a day lifeline to mommy? Because that’s what you are claiming your child needs.

And you keep repeating this idiotic refrain that if I’m so against phones why do I send my child with one. Have you listened to yourself??? No one has said they are against phones. They are a tool and a useful one. But they are a distraction in the classroom and they are unnecessary during the school day. Now you know that is what is being said here but you keep claiming otherwise.

I can see why your kids would avoid calling you for help. Its ok, we are the parents who would help them out. We know your type.

When you exhaust all logic and have to resort to personal insults....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Who said anything about another child's phone? There's this thing called the front office. You just make assumptions constantly. Always wrong too. It's laughable and also, pathetic.

Front office is not equipt to have dozens of kids using their phones.

Admin secretary here. Kids are allowed to use the phone. Period. There's never "dozens". Most kids don't rely on their parents for everything and certainly not high schoolers. Your kids sound so far behind the students I deal with on a regular basis. Good luck to them in the real world, they will absolutely need it.

That's not true as my kid has asked and been told no. And, I called to verify. Some schools, yes, others no. How is a kid behind if they miss the bus and call a parent to pick them up as they are not walking distance and there are no public buses? What happens if its after school hours when the office is closed?

I call BS. This did not happen. Your child did not miss the bus and have the office refuse him the right to a phone call.

The point is what happens after school. Our school office is closed by 3:00. So what happens when kids stay till 5-11 or so at night?

Are you DUMB? It is a ban on cell phone use in class during the school day. They can use them after school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You Mommies are stage 5 clingers

This is it in a nutshell. Set plans before school and send them on their way to learn. And I would tell them if I have to come in to retrieve your phone from the office, you lose XYZ privileges for ABC amount of time and hold firm.

We all managed perfectly fine without them in school and so can your darlings. Be proactive and help these teachers and honestly really the teens. They need to learn to be off screens, they need to learn eye contact, engage for longer periods, and socialize. We are raising a bunch of introverts with learning and social disabilities and it's our fault.

We had pay phones to call our parents.

You know what, my high schooler forgot his phone one day. That same day his schedule got messed up and he wasn’t able to get the bus home as normal. Guess what happened???? Do you think he’s still there unable to get home? He was able to resolve it very quickly. He found a phone to use. Your kid can do that too and he could do it in the future if necessary. These kids are not infants. They actually know how to problem solve!

You mean another child’s phone. Nope. You sound entitled. Why is your kid taking a phone to school if you are ranting about phone use?

Huh? I’m not ranting and no he didn’t use another kids phone. Nor did he use a cell phone at all. He worked it out, just like your kid would. Do you not have any confidence that your kids have the skills to problem solve with relying on a phone? I wonder how you can possibly have prepared your child for the world if they are apparently so unable to function without a cell phone at all times.

My kid would work it out by calling us and one of us would go get them...That's kinda sad that your kids cannot ask you for help. Why are you sending your kid with a phone if you are so against them. We had pay phones back in the day and would use them to call parents.

You are so beyond dumb. You truly sound insane. Please read again. My kid worked it out by calling us and one of us went to get him. Because he didn’t need a phone on his person to do this. The lack of pay phones does not mean that phones are not available. A lack of a cell phone does not mean that a child cannot call a parent when necessary. Cell phones are not the only phones on the planet. Were you this incapable as a child/teenager that you couldn’t problem solve without a 24 hr a day lifeline to mommy? Because that’s what you are claiming your child needs.

And you keep repeating this idiotic refrain that if I’m so against phones why do I send my child with one. Have you listened to yourself??? No one has said they are against phones. They are a tool and a useful one. But they are a distraction in the classroom and they are unnecessary during the school day. Now you know that is what is being said here but you keep claiming otherwise.

I can see why your kids would avoid calling you for help. Its ok, we are the parents who would help them out. We know your type.

You literally can’t read, can you? I even put it in bold for you!

[Anonymous]

Is the Mobile Phone Industrial Complex involved in this thread? It so reads like that.