I personally think that responsible smartphone use should be learned and practiced, rather than outright banning them.
I think this shows that adults are terribly addicted to their devices and think if they can’t stop using them, children won’t either. They certainly can’t teach how to use phones responsibly if they can’t do it themselves. Unfortunately for children the result is an outright ban.
Personally, since kids seem to think that they can’t live without their phones, when you go into the classroom have the teacher pick up the phones and leave them on his or her desk in full view.
They can have their phone returned at the end of the class period. This should be done in every school and class. Kids are failing miserably because they are more worried about their phone and what their friends are doing rather than learning.
I also believe a child under the age of 15 should not have a mobile phone as there is too much negativity on the internet and social media platforms that they don’t need access to. Not to mention the free porn sites.
We as parents are responsible for how our children behave. And most parents now a days don’t want to take the time with their kids to teach them responsible habits. Of course it is hard to teach responsible habits when your face is glued to a 6” screen doom-scrolling Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok etc.