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Banning smartphones from school? What a brilliant idea đź’ˇ
New York’s governor backs a plan to remove smartphones from the classroom. Here are some suggestions for how it might work
On Thursday, Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, announced plans to sponsor legislation that would ban smartphones in schools as part of her broader effort to protect children from technology’s negative effects. If your children use any internet-enabled electronic devices at home, take the time to establish family guidelines for technology use, and to adjust their parental control settings (particularly the “chat” features within multi-player video games, which can be used by predators for “sextortion”). In the United States, ScreenStrong, AnxiousGeneration.com and Wait Till 8th are good resources (though keep in mind that eighth grade is still too early for smartphones and social media); in the UK, the Smartphone-Free Childhood movement, which was only launched in February, is already tens of thousands of people strong.
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