School Took Away Smartphones. The Kids Don’t Mind
Only dumb phones seems decent in theory and for kids, it will help increase self control around screen usage, but there&#x27;s a lot of unscientific theories surrounding the consequences of screen usage. People aren&#x27;t forgoing real life for the sake of their phones, communication and friendships have become more technology based.<p>The school did this as a response to a student live-streaming a fight. Banning phones is not solving the underlying problem there, it&#x27;s just covering it up. It&#x27;s not a big school, with only 57 students.<p>I also strongly dislike the continued narrative of pushing &quot;dopamine&quot; as an &quot;addiction&quot; that you control with screen usage. Dopamine system dysfunction most commonly presents as ADHD, it&#x27;s not a bad habit that can be fixed. I understand phones become an easy way to escape and it becomes a negative coping habit for some, and it&#x27;s especially important to teach teenagers how to address it, but pretending less screen time is always a good thing is a very pre-broadband internet mindset. It&#x27;s not the direction modern society is headed.