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Suzanne Harrington: Smartphones are like neural heroin for teenagers
We are realising that actually, giving a child a smartphone is not doing anyone – except tech companies – any favours.
Schools have started to ban phones around the globe — but is that the solution?
Social media has been studied at length and found to be bad for kids and teens. Anecdotally, kids can be emboldened by the ...
A teenage girl wrote ‘it’s okay to be evil’ in a chilling diary entry before killing her mom. She will spend the rest of her life behind bars
Carly Gregg, 15, has been convicted of fatally shooting her mother Ashley Smylie and attempting to kill her stepdad after ...
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Restrictions on cellphones in classrooms ‘needed’: teacher, parent
"If you really need to get a hold of your son or daughter, you can call the office like the old days,' suggests teacher ...
Do Not Disturb: Mobile Phone Ban Sweeps American Schools
An enduring debate surrounds cellphones in schools, but are states right to ban them? Experts tell Newsweek the pros and cons ...
Column: Los Angeles school kids, get off your damn phones! Trust me, you’ll thank us later
A new L.A. Unified School District rule banning cellphones in classrooms begins in January. It will improve the learning ...
Phones aren't necessarily as bad for children as we think, says Welsh brain expert
Dr Dean Burnett, who has spent years studying the brain and how it works, he has written a new book delivering some news that ...