Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/technology/school-phone-bans-indiana-louisiana.html
https://archive.ph/KSXxg
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They have been banned for over a year where I live. I guess the people pushing back against this policy are just completely ignorant of the issue. Smartphones are incredibly addicting by design and, aside from the academic problem, exposing developing brains to such devices 24/7 is just a really bad idea. Having a space where children and their peers can be smartphone-free for several hours a day, several days a a week, should be seen as a positive thing.
Smartphones are incredibly addicting by design
lmao. My phone is literally not addictive.
Which smartphone do you have?
Nothing you said changes the fact that smartphones are designed to be addictive and that many people, particularly children, are addicted to them. Designers literally use the same techniques as casinos to develop addictive behaviours in the user.
Not the smartphones themselves are addictive, but all these annoying social apps, advertisements and notifications are.
There are ways around this. Kids should learn how to use their phones for managing their lives. And actually, they do at some point - to a degree.
