Left to Their Own Devices

“Two years ago, banning phones in schools seemed almost unthinkable. Now, thanks in part to parents’ organizing efforts, support for phone-free schools is rising quickly levels in a country that can’t seem to agree on much else.” Time: Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools. The more difficult issue is how to get kids to spend less of their free time on the phone. They key might be to give them actual free time. The real world can still attract kids. They just want to experience it on their own once in a while. The Atlantic (Gift Article): What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones. “Children want to meet up in person, no screens or supervision. But because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.”