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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t disagree.  Phones and social media have been a disaster for this generation of kids. Phones are addictive and destructive, despite all the useful applications. They certainly don’t belong in schools.  But I think we have to acknowledge some other truths here:  we have failed as parents.  it’s like we gave our kids crack, and we the parents are addicted also and we want the schools to do the hard work of taking the phones away from 9-3 , But who among us is willing to do the hard work and take the phones away from 3 til bedtime? Sure we can delude ourselves into thinking we’re setting good examples and teaching responsible usage because we don’t allow them at the dinner table. But really how many of our children are up scrolling at 1 AM when we think they’re asleep? How many of our kids are scrolling before even getting out of bed? While walking across the street and not paying attention to traffic?  How many of our kids are watching our own bad habits with our phones and just following suit.  I’m all in favor of schools taking away the phones from 9 to 3. but we have a much bigger problem that schools aren’t going to solve for us. . [/quote]

Not mine. It starts at home. It doesn't mean institutions shouldn't also do the same.  I am always watching the drivers behind me on their damn phones, head down texting in traffic and almost been rear-ended on the way to school because of STUPID adults doing the same. I was behind one idiotic mother pulling out of the school circle texting...so much so a line of us were waiting at the stop sign and she was oblivious that her turn to pull out had come and gone about 10 times before I did the slightest tap on the horn. Then, this idiot proceeded to continue at the next light and the next---causing us to miss the light.  I finally had enough of the sh*t and blasted the horn for a good 2 minutes.

These are the other parents we are up against.  This is why the school can help.  We are all in this together.[/quote]

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