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I'm sorry but no. There is no emergency I can think of that either can't wait till lunch (or end of class, whenever the kids are allowed to check), or else call
by 31337Logic 2y ago
I'm sorry but no. There is no emergency I can think of that either can't wait till lunch (or end of class, whenever the kids are allowed to check), or else calling the school office directly (remember those?), or even just showing up to the school to pickup their kid in person.
By the way, most parents I speak to would love to have their kids off their phones and focusing on school during the day. This whole "parents, emergency" argument seems highly suspicious to me.
- loeg 2y agoThere are many parents with different preferences than you.
- falcolas 2y ago> There is no emergency I can think of that either can't wait till lunch Respectfully, most parents I've met do not agree with you. And I don't think that the random events like school shootings and bomb threats have helped them relax into the same environment we had in the 90's.
- ericd 2y agoI guess we’ll see if that’s representative, there’s a clear backlash, so at least a significant proportion don’t agree, and don’t appreciate the disruption and peer pressure dynamics this creates. I’m certainly in the camp of personal devices having no place outside of a backpack. We shouldn’t let our anxiety run things.
- Vegenoid 2y agoIf there is an emergency, a parent can deal with it the same way they would have 20 years ago: call the school, and they will send someone to grab your kid from the classroom. This was not a particularly rare occurrence when I was in school. The parent has to talk to the school on the phone to release their kid from class anyway.
- sn9 2y agoWhat are they gonna do? Blow up their kids phone in the middle of a shooting, risking the shooter discovering their kid's location if the phone isn't on silent? What does this actually accomplish that improves kids' safety? Especially when to satisfy their anxiety, they give their kids expensive electronics that drastically increase their risk for depression, anxiety, body dysmorphia, disordered eating, executive dysfunction, etc.?
- haunter 2y agoThey want to say their last words when the next mass shooting happens in a week https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000%E2%80%93present)#2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_th...