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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is illegal to confiscate private property. These busy bodies need to mind their beeswax![/quote]

My kids are in a school with this program. Teachers provide pouches/containers for phones - no one is confiscating anything.

One of the most interesting things was that the teachers said the people who send kids the most texts during the day? Parents. That made a lot of sense to me - kids see each other during the day. It made me stop and assess my own behavior.[/quote]

I think this is somewhat true. I caught myself sending my son a text yesterday and decided to wait until lunch. I don’t usually initiate texts but he will send me a text on the way to school and by the time I see it he is in class. I tend to just respond right away. Same when he texts me at lunchtime. By the time I see it, lunch has ended. His texts are often related to after school plans or an academic issue so I do want to respond. Of course sometimes they are simply him sharing something funny or good that happened that day. His school has no cell phone ban but I know a few teachers require the kids to put their phones out of sight during call and if caught will ask them to bring them to the front of the room where there’s a place to stow them. That seems reasonable.   [/quote]

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