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Re:School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest) by kakacik on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:18AM (#46132714)
This is bulk of the problem. Don't expect kids to do better when their role models screw up so badly. Sure some will come on top of their own parents but thats not the norm rather just an exception.

There is always the peer pressure excuse but thats not good enough. At the end who buys and setups and keeps paying for that phone?

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Re:School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest) by jdalgetty on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:29PM (#46137320)
The other side of it - why can't parents set up screen time and app limits, especially during school hours? No kid needs access to clash royale or snapchat during the school day. The phone should be locked down to "essentials" like the calculator, etc.
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