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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
At my kids school where they aren’t allowed the teacher confiscates it, takes it to the office. First offence the kid goes to get it at the end of the day. Second and onward offences the parent gets the pleasure of retrieving the device.
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Imagine a scenario where a student outright refuses to give it up and a teacher is left with a choice of physically overpowering a pre-teen or teenager to take their phone away or move on with their job and teach the 30 other kids in the room.
I know as a 210 pound man if a 12 year old in my class is refusing to give me something I am not risking my safety or my job to lay my hands on them to physically take it.
Or a scenario where the teacher does take the phone and puts it in the office and an irate parent comes to the school at the end of the day accusing the teacher of forcefully taking their child's personal property.
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Originally Posted by RogerWilco
I don't know your situation, but my teens are pretty much 100% financially dependent upon me and my wife. So uh, there is a lot we can do.
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It is certainly helpful when parents are supportive of teachers and on board with consequences. The number of parents who would rather not lay down boundaries and consequences for their kids is growing rapidly. You can imagine it's not a stretch to say that kids who are chronically disrupting class and ignoring rules around phone use are not the ones with the strongest boundaries in place at home.
I think this move by the government is a good one, as it sets clear top-down expectations around phone use. We can now point to legislation to force kids to keep their phones away.