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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had this trouble too.  The school gives him a Chromebook and nothing else to do and then acts shocked the tenth time he does something thoughtless and dumb (never mean or threatening).  He doesn’t misuse screens at home so I feel powerless where the school won’t do what I know works (limiting screens; keeping him engaged in other things).

Can’t wait for summer.  No real ideas, just commiseration.

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As a teacher, I will tell you that most students do not do thoughtless and dumb things when presented with a Chromebook. Limiting screens at home is not having the effect you think it is having. If you raise a child in a home with only health foods, they will gorge on sugar the first time they encounter it. The child needs to learn judgment and impulse control. [/quote]

I don't know that I agree with the part of this comment about limiting screens at home, but the first sentence is important.  What about your kid makes him unable to handle a chromebook when so many others can?  This site is full of post from kids talking about a tween or teen who is struggling in some way, and everyone just comes on and says, "take away the screens".  Well, there have always been depressed kids, anxious kids, aimless kids, kids afraid to fail, kids lacking in impulse-control, kids who are thoughtless, etc. long before screens.  Yes, screens and social media have the potential to make all those things so much worse now with a whole new set of more dire consequences, but you still have to address what is going on with your kid's mental health and makeup even if you take the screens away.  How come so many other kids have access to the chromebooks and are not posting thoughtless and dumb things repeatedly?  Even if he didn't have a chromebook, wouldn't he be behind his peers in terms of impulse control and the like?  Limiting screens is fine -- but you have to address the underlying issue.  [/quote]

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