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There's ample evidence that social media and smartphone addiction affects developing brains significantly worse than it affects fully-developed brains.
Banning cell phone use in school is a good thing.
Critics don't want to hear that young people whose brains aren't fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults...
But young people whose brains aren't fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults.
We don't want to lose our rights because of shoddy neuroscience being misinterpreted for political gain
On the "different rules for adults and students" thing... if the adults model responsible cell phone use, i.e. never in the classrooms or hallways during school hours, never "ducking out" to their car or the teachers' lounge just for B.S. doom scrolling or un-necessary calls, IMO that would be much stronger than just banning phones on-prem for kids and adults alike.
The real key: you should control your cell phone, it should not control you - same thing as so many other addiction problems. And, there will be addicts who genuinely are incapable of controlling it, and cold turkey tee-total zero usage has been shown to be the most effective answer for them - just like alcoholism, not drinking is nothing to be ashamed of, having a problem and drinking anyway is much much worse.
It's all made up to justify control
No, it isn't.
Make friends with a few schoolteachers and listen to their stories.
My kid goes to school where they recently instituted this strategy.
It feels like I've seen a marked improvement in their social behaviors.
Between smartphones and the COVID years, this generation has had it rough for social development...
This take is giving: 🙈
"If we don't see it, it's not happening and yay we saved the kids!"
Maybe that's an issue with social media and the other apps on children's phones, and not the phones themselves. So maybe it requires a combination of regulation on social media, plus better awareness from parents, instead of a blanket ban on a technology tangentially related to the problem.
fully agree. Most CT schools already have banned cellphones, theyre just adopting it on a state level.