My argument against any phones from school start to end is that socialization and interpersonal skills are also learned in school. Having a distraction box at

My argument against any phones from school start to end is that socialization and interpersonal skills are also learned in school. Having a distraction box at hand slows that process. Grade school kids aren't tiny adults: they're actively building the pieces that make them into adults (self control, emotional regulation, empathy, cooperation, etc). I don't trust Google or Apple to sacrifice profits, at scale, to support those goals.