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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The number of kids taking photos in the bathroom, crashing into each other because their heads are down texting, or arranging to meet up in the hallways during class has dropped significantly due to no phones in hallways this year.

--HS teacher[/quote]

As a high school teacher, do you think the kids should have access to them during lunch? 
It seems to me a lot of damage could be done in that 30 minutes. Social skills and mental health would improve if they did not have access to them for the full seven hours.[/quote]

Worry about your own kid.  I'm a teacher and I see two kinds of kids at the school - those sitting with friends and having a great time, even with phones, and those sitting by themselves, who are grateful just to have someone to do besides feel awkward and alone.  And no, not having a phone wouldn't help.  Ask anyone from the 80s.  [/quote]

+1, there will always be kids with no friends to talk with at lunch.[/quote]

+1 and for them, the phone may be making them feel less uncomfortable. They can bury their noses in it.[/quote]

Which is such a healthy coping mechanism to prepare them for being in the world  :roll: [/quote]

Honestly, yes.  I’m a huge introvert, social with friends and happily married.  I spent a lot of lunches in the art room where I could get quiet and because the teacher let me go there.

I’m the parent you see at the sports games sitting alone on my phone when I’m not cheering. Don’t take it personal.  I just need alone time after work or on the weekend. I understand those kids.  Let them have their phones.  They might have friends but need alone time in their own world to recharge.  School is overwhelming. [/quote]

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