Every year my school does a fun field day field trip with the students. It’s basically a semi-structured full day of recess. We do not allow phones. The students HATE this rule and complain about...
Every year my school does a fun field day field trip with the students. It’s basically a semi-structured full day of recess. We do not allow phones.
The students HATE this rule and complain about it.
Once we get there, and they start the activities, they forget all about their phones. We see them running around, playing games, talking to each other, having fun. One of the other teachers last year phrased it perfectly: “it’s so nice to see them being kids.”
Anecdotally, I don't use by phone much around my kids. I believe very strongly in modeling behavior. My five year old doesn't care much about devices. He has open access to a tablet that he barely...
Anecdotally, I don't use by phone much around my kids. I believe very strongly in modeling behavior. My five year old doesn't care much about devices. He has open access to a tablet that he barely touches.
I have to say I kind of agree. I use the phone only for specific tasks. I answer (I rarely make calls...), I listen to podcasts when I am in the car alone, I use it as a GPS, I use WhatsApp with...
I have to say I kind of agree.
I use the phone only for specific tasks. I answer (I rarely make calls...), I listen to podcasts when I am in the car alone, I use it as a GPS, I use WhatsApp with my wife when I am at work. Uhm... more or less, that is it.
My son is 13 years old and has grown up seeing me never touching the phone. For that, he simply does not care. He has one for emergencies, but I have to remember him to turn it on when he leaves the school, for the rest, he lives in the 80s.
There is no void left by the absence of smartphone usage. He draws comics, he reads... other activities rush in to fill the void. Sometimes he gets bored (usually in summer when there is more free time) but in an hour after he lamented his ennui you can find him doing stuff and enjoying it.
That is wonderful to hear. So far my kid is interested in tv when we watch something live like the World Series or the Oscars, but loses interest in about 10 minutes or less. So I think the...
That is wonderful to hear. So far my kid is interested in tv when we watch something live like the World Series or the Oscars, but loses interest in about 10 minutes or less. So I think the non-exposure works really well. I am more concerned when he’s older at an age when the kids in his class start getting phones and the social norm of what kids his age is conflicts with what we do.
Every year my school does a fun field day field trip with the students. It’s basically a semi-structured full day of recess. We do not allow phones.
The students HATE this rule and complain about it.
Once we get there, and they start the activities, they forget all about their phones. We see them running around, playing games, talking to each other, having fun. One of the other teachers last year phrased it perfectly: “it’s so nice to see them being kids.”
Super hopeful by the time my one year old is school age, phones are restricted to a much larger extent at a societal level.
Anecdotally, I don't use by phone much around my kids. I believe very strongly in modeling behavior. My five year old doesn't care much about devices. He has open access to a tablet that he barely touches.
I have to say I kind of agree.
I use the phone only for specific tasks. I answer (I rarely make calls...), I listen to podcasts when I am in the car alone, I use it as a GPS, I use WhatsApp with my wife when I am at work. Uhm... more or less, that is it.
My son is 13 years old and has grown up seeing me never touching the phone. For that, he simply does not care. He has one for emergencies, but I have to remember him to turn it on when he leaves the school, for the rest, he lives in the 80s.
There is no void left by the absence of smartphone usage. He draws comics, he reads... other activities rush in to fill the void. Sometimes he gets bored (usually in summer when there is more free time) but in an hour after he lamented his ennui you can find him doing stuff and enjoying it.
That is wonderful to hear. So far my kid is interested in tv when we watch something live like the World Series or the Oscars, but loses interest in about 10 minutes or less. So I think the non-exposure works really well. I am more concerned when he’s older at an age when the kids in his class start getting phones and the social norm of what kids his age is conflicts with what we do.