Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices

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.

  • 6mementomori@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2019·
    1 year ago

    clearly shows the tendency of people to ban things instead of finding a fix that isn’t lazy like, for instance, actually good digital education.

    • joelthelion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      68·
      1 year ago

      So, should guns be allowed in schools, along with “good gun education”?

      Smartphones serve no real purpose in school. Why allow this very problematic device that is not conducive to learning and tends to cause problems outside the class, too?

      • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        But smart phones serve a purpose in schools and guns don’t. Some school work can be done on phones. They’re a reasonable thing to have between classes or when you’ve finished an in class assignment early. When I was in university, I frequently used my phone for further research of what the prof was talking about. I also used it for the calendar and reminders, which were so critical to me with ADHD fueled forgetfulness.

        They’re sometimes useful for accessibility. eg, I’m hearing impaired and my phone is the remote control for my cochlear implant. If live transcribe was a thing when I was a student, it would have been a major help. I’m sure plenty of other medical devices are using phones for that, too (I’m pretty sure glucose gauges for diabetics do this these days).

        What purpose would a gun in school serve? It wouldn’t even save lives like the American conservatives claim, cause it’d be way more common for students to kill each other over disagreements than to stop a school shooter.

      • 6mementomori@lemmy.worldEnglish
        46·
        1 year ago

        that’s a really moronic comparison ain’t no way you’re equating smartphones to guns. we use phones for class pretty often