“I think this should also be a lesson to parents and other adults that the phone, even though it gives us access and something to do, in kid terms it’s still ‘the brain rot’ if we get sucked into it.”
Last year, my son Doug was a senior at Grand Rapids when the high school implemented a bell-to-bell cellphone ban. I asked him how he and his peers felt about the change. After the first few weeks he said it was no big deal for him or his friends, confirming what many principals said about their students.
To be honest, if anyone is corrected for overusing cell phones in our house, it’s me. Doug sometimes calls me “Timmy Two-Phones” because of my work cell. I am learning the value of limitations. If I’m part of something where my presence and attention are important, I leave the phone behind. Frankly, I should do this more often.
Limiting our use of these addictive devices won’t just benefit kids. It will ease a lot of problems in our troubled society.
