> At every school I went to as a kid, there was a landline phone or two for kids to call their parents. We didn't even have a dedicated phone for that, althoug

> At every school I went to as a kid, there was a landline phone or two for kids to call their parents. We didn't even have a dedicated phone for that, although I'm sure I could have used a phone if I had need to. I think I may have did once or twice. I'm sure that's still the case in all schools, especially if they start banning kids brining phones to school. Lack of payphones is more of a problem, although I would imagine that especially for a child or teenager it wouldn't be too hard to use a phone from a stranger or business or even a random house. But not all personalities would be comfterable with that.