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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are holding off on phones for our kids as long as we can....but we are noticing that the real pressure towards getting phones is less the peer pressure and more that adults (teachers/ club leaders) assuming they have access to one and assigning things/ communicating accordingly.[/quote]

Wrong. Don't blame the teachers. FCPS gives laptops to every student -- teachers can communicate through Schoology. The "real pressure" doesn't come from teachers. Parent up.[/quote]

I am parenting up.  My kids don't have phones even though a LOT of their peers do.  I stand by what I said.  The biggest pressure comes from adults who assume they do!![/quote]

You think kids have cell phones because THE TEACHERS expect them to? What kind of delulu land are you living in? If it’s the teacher’s fault then why did 21 of my 25 5th graders have cell phones in their backpacks? They can’t use them at school. I’m certainly not contacting them on it. And almost all have a better iPhone than I do. [/quote]

For the parents of kids who are trying to hold out for later....SOME teachers, yes.  Also other adult leaders in their lives.  It's not a far walk from a teacher like you seeing most of the class with phones ...to one day assuming the class has phones available to take pictures for an assignment or to scan a qr code or whatever.  
I want to hold out until they need a phone for safety reasons....but when not having one affects their ability to do an assignment or know about changes to extracurriculars....as a parent who wants to hold out, my hands become tied...[/quote]

This is largely a chicken and egg problem. Are there a few teachers here and there who have no issue with phones? Sure. They're the same kind of crappy teachers who give Google Slide fill-out assignments that are two of three years below grade level and have kids "discuss amongst themselves" and call that "engagement" (we had instructional coaches like that this year). But the rest of us don't want them,  and if a teacher tells students to use their phones to take a picture, she may just have decided to put to good use a device that she knows she can't control anyway. She would easily find a different way to do it if the phones weren't ubiquitous.

I can't tell you the number of times I've had parents blow up at me when I reported cheating with phones or addiction to phones. "He wasn't cheating--I was texting him." Oh really? Your kid told me there was nothing on the phone because he didn't have reception in the room. "You should have asked her--I'm sure she had a perfectly valid reason to be using her phone. I will complain to the principal." I'm sure she did--that must be why the phone was under the formula sheet, and the minute I moved the formula sheet she swiped to shut off the screen and slid the phone under the desk. "You should give her fewer assignments and less homework and check in on her more frequently" in response to telling them I can't get their child unglued from their phone for more than a minute and they're doing no work.

I didn't sign up for this and I don't care anymore.[/quote]

I'm sure all of that happens....
But as a parent who does care and is trying to do the right thing for my kids development....I hope they have teachers who care enough to not force my hand on when they get phones.  [/quote]

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