James Laughlin and others argue that phone bans in schools work: academic performance rises, bullying drops, mental health improves. The real problem isn't students sneaking phones in, but parents calling and texting during the school day.
I'm really seeing the impact of what that smartphone generation is experiencing and what the social media generation is experiencing. So, look, that's really problematic, and that's probably what keeps me up at night.
Fair enough. So, Mr. Luxon, whether people love him or loathe him, I'm like, high five, dude. Well done on banning phones.
Absolutely. Because what we're really seeing has been a significant shift, you know, in terms of almost every metric that you can look at in the schools that have successfully implemented the phone bans. And so, you know, they're seeing, you know, performance improving, bullying drop, you know, mental health improving. All of the kind of key metrics that you look for when doing an intervention are showing and showing really, really strong results. The biggest problem that the schools are facing with children not complying with the rules is parents contacting their children during the day. And so, like, that is the number one reason why people are actually why children are using their phones still at school, because parents are anxious and want to get in contact with them.
