The consequences of getting caught are quite low, having no use of your phone for a day is not a big deal. You could even hide this loss of phone from your pare

The consequences of getting caught are quite low, having no use of your phone for a day is not a big deal. You could even hide this loss of phone from your parents. In the UK there was a little debate about kids and phones after a well known TV presenter tweeted about smashing her kids iPads to pieces as they were addicted to Fortnite. This was not universally deemed to be considered good parenting. In defending her remarks the presenter said that if she caught kids smoking then the cigarettes would be destroyed, so why not destroy the iPads as they are equally addictive? Not everyone bought this, particularly those in a lower income bracket (and those not liking electronic waste). For the teenage me I think that losing the use of a phone for the day would be a risk worth taking, it would be one of those things where you do it but don't get caught (unless you are stupid). The penalty would have to be harsher, e.g. losing the thing for the rest of term or the 'nuclear' option favoured by the aforementioned TV presenter, maybe with a 'three strikes' warning. I found the article funny in that it is sort of necessary for American kids to have a phone just in case there is a crazy gunman at school. In the rest of the world we can actually provide security for our children when they are at school, it is de-facto as adults don't walk around with guns all day.