A discussion on the increasing trend of parents allowing their children to use cellphones during class and the concerns it raises.
Recently, one of my ninth grade English students told me her parents rewarded her for making the honor roll by allowing her to text them during class. 'They like to know what I’m doing in the classroom as it’s happening live,' she said. 'I know,' she said, 'but you can always break it to message your parents.' My student was partly right. Emergencies happen. Parents want access to their kids. But this wasn’t an emergency.
'When my dad texts and asks me how I am,' another ninth grader said, 'he gets worried if I don’t message back immediately.' Her friend said: 'My mom expects a text each class period so she knows what I’m doing.' I teach at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois, a large, highly ranked suburban high school that serves a diverse student population. Like many American public schools, our school has a cellphone policy that requires phones to be put away before students enter the classroom. A University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll reported that the No. 1 concern for parents in 2023 was..
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