‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools::Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices

  • rizoid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My son always has his phone at school. Given how America is I wouldn’t send him to school without a way to get a hold of me.

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      1 year ago

      The issue is that smartphones have features that are way more interesting than school. Can you send your kid to school with a simple phone that can only make calls and send and receive SMS?

      • yeather@lemmy.ca
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        You could, but in reality you should have the parenting ability to trust your kid not to be constantly on their phone in school. If you can’t trust your kid to stay off their phone during class and only use it during breaks, lunch, after or before school, etc. Then you’ve failed as a parent.

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          I was a high schooler last year and by this standard, every single one of my classmates’ parents are complete failures, including mine. Not that I disagree, but clearly we can’t trust the parents to do anything about this.

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            1 year ago

            Because this is not about trust. Don’t overestimate your or your kid’s contribution. Our brains seek to use as little energy and effort as possible, always. The right strategy is to reduce the amount of distracting factors in school.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah because most of our parents are trash at it and make kids because “that’s what people do”

        • diyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          Do “good parents” really all have this level of robotic control over their kids?

          Do you really give a zero to “nature” in the nature vs. nurture behavioral influence?