I have mixed feelings about this. Having unrestricted access to my devices at an early age is what made me have a career in software development later on. Havin

I have mixed feelings about this. Having unrestricted access to my devices at an early age is what made me have a career in software development later on. Having a computer, portable consoles, and then smartphones on was crucial - those were the devices I were playing with, and eventually tried developing for, or even just running homebrew programs. Some of my lifelong friendships were made over the Internet, sometimes at a very young age (9~10yo), and we still talk to this day. I started posting on forums back when I was 7. Some of my friends got into their careers in similar ways - for example, by playing sysadmin when they were kids, then teenagers. I don't know. I have mixed feelings about this. I think not allowing smartphones to be used in class is more reasonable.