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Breakpoint

A Middle School in Minnesota Bans Phones, and the Students are Happy

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

A year after a middle school in Minnesota banned phones, the principal is reporting students are "happy." Phone-related problems before the ban included "interactions of bullying, of setting up fights, (and) the gambit of a lot of the negative things ..." but that's all changed. One parent says that because of banning phones, her son "is thriving and really focused and doing really well." He even "[p]articipates in class discussions."

As social psychologist Jonathan Haidt said on X, "What parent would expose their child to so many documented risks from any other consumer product?"  So, why do we allow it with phones? Haidt recommends "giving only flip phones before high school and delaying the opening of social media accounts until 16." Another expert on the impact of social media is Jean Twenge. She has yet to grant social media to her 16-year-old daughter. 

Look—the data has never been clearer. Regulate your kids' phones and keep them off social media as long as possible. They'll thank you for it someday. 

For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

 

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0:00.0

With the

0:03.9

point, a culture from a Christian worldview. I'm John Stone Street with the point. A year

0:04.8

after a middle school in Minnesota banned phones, the principal now reports

0:08.1

that students are happy phone-related problems before the ban

0:11.1

included interactions of bullying, setting up fights, the gambit of a lot of negative

0:15.5

things, said the principal. But that's now all changed. One parent says that because of banning phones,

0:20.6

her son is, quote, thriving, thriving really focused and doing well

0:24.4

and even participates in class discussions

0:27.0

as social psychologist Jonathan Heights said on X

0:29.6

what parent would expose their child to so many documented risks from any other consumer product.

0:34.5

It's a good question, why do we allow it with our phones?

0:36.9

Height recommends giving only flip phones before high school and delaying the opening of social media

0:41.6

accounts until 16. Another expert on the impact of social media accounts until 16.

0:43.0

Another expert on the impact of social media is Jean Twangie.

0:46.2

She has yet to grant social media to her 16 year old daughter.

0:49.4

Look, the data has never been more clear.

0:51.1

Regulate your kids phones. Keep them off social media as long as

0:54.3

possible. One day they'll thank you for it. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street

0:58.6

with the point.

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