Mobile phones are to be banned in UK schools

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What's crazy is that they're only getting banned now.

While I agree with the sentiment, I think chaos is coming.

Many parents/most parents WANT their kids to always have their addictive devices at hand. I'm afraid the conflict will cause commotion and distraction for the kids who just want to go in a learn.

I'd rather have this "chaos" over the alternative.

We know now about how bad of an effect smartphones have.

IMHO we should go further and blanket ban children from using smartphones and from having social media accounts.

There's absolutely no reason to have them, same as there was none 20 years ago.

Once they're adults, then that's their problem. But while children, they should be protected.

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