r/Scotland • u/abz_eng ME/CFS Sufferer • 2d ago

Political [Perth and Kinross] Council becomes first to blanket ban mobile phones from school classrooms

https://news.stv.tv/north/council-becomes-first-to-blanket-ban-mobile-phones-from-school-classrooms
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u/abz_eng ME/CFS Sufferer 2d ago

it needs to be part of a wider discussion with parents

Ryrie urged parents to delay giving smartphones to their children. But he added: “Far tougher regulation is going to be needed to make social media platforms safer and non-addictive for kids, because the really stark statistic in this report is that the average daily time students spend on their smartphone was four to six hours. That’s a terrifying amount of time for children to spend scrolling and swiping.”