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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the obvious solution is to take away the phone, why doesn’t the teacher just say that?  “Because of this, your son is no longer allowed to have a phone in school.”  
Or 
“I recommend that you don’t allow your son to bring his phone to school.”  
Maybe it should be obvious to the parents, but maybe it isn’t for whatever reason?  
What’s the point of being coy?  [/quote]

Teachers are usually advised not to comment on parenting. That’s a great way for us to get complaints filed with administrators. Many of us also aren’t allowed to place limits either, like saying the child can’t bring the phone.

This really is on the parent and the child to figure out. [/quote]

I’m really just trying to figure this out.  It seems crazy that you can see an obvious solution to a problem at school, but you aren’t allowed to tell the parents what it is.

And this isn’t parenting.  This is classroom management.  
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This has been covered on the thread already. At many schools:

We can’t confiscate phones. If they get lost or stolen, we are held accountable. Therefore, the administration doesn’t want that liability for us or for them.

We can’t regulate usage. The most I can do is continuously say, “put it away.” If the student doesn’t put it away, all I can do is ask again. So I’m going to stop asking because I have other students in the room who deserve my time and attention.

It’s time for students and parents to be held responsible. My own children know they face major consequences if I find out they are using their phones in school. I check. I found out my high schooler was, so I took it. Hasn’t happened twice. I don’t expect my kids’ teachers to babysit their phones. That’s not their job, and frankly, they are too busy doing ten thousand other things so they shouldn’t have to worry about my kid’s phone.[/quote]

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