sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoConnecticut lawmakers approve bill for cell phone ban in schools — but critics argue that having different rules for adults and students is ‘not good role modeling at all’www.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down111
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkConnecticut lawmakers approve bill for cell phone ban in schools — but critics argue that having different rules for adults and students is ‘not good role modeling at all’www.techradar.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down9·27 days agoThere’s ample evidence that social media and smartphone addiction affects developing brains significantly worse than it affects fully-developed brains. Banning cell phone use in school is a good thing.
minus-squaremycodesucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·26 days agoCritics don’t want to hear that young people whose brains aren’t fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults… But young people whose brains aren’t fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults.
There’s ample evidence that social media and smartphone addiction affects developing brains significantly worse than it affects fully-developed brains.
Banning cell phone use in school is a good thing.
Critics don’t want to hear that young people whose brains aren’t fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults…
But young people whose brains aren’t fully developed yet have poorer impulse control than adults.