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You’ll rarely meet a more tech-positive person than me, but even I have my limits.
8-to-13-year-olds spend, on average, 5.5 hours staring at screens.
That time leaps to almost 9 hours for those between 13 and 18 years old.
It stands to reason that a chunk of that time is happening during school hours.
Last year,Common Sense Media found that teens receive 273 notifications per day.
A small number of US states are passing laws further restricting their use.
It’s not that I blame Apple, Samsung, or any other smartphone company.
I’m as much to blame as the next person.
I did it mostly so they could text when they were heading home and if they needed us.
We never texted them while they were in class.
It can be hard not to participate when all your friends are doing it.
If they know a way to disable any of them, all bets are off.
The introduction of the iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence might be more cause for alarm in the classroom.
I do not, by the way, feel similarly about school-supplied tablets like thebest iPads.
Teachers can hand them to students, do a lesson plan, and retrieve them when they’re done.
Parents are already managing their children’s accounts through Family Accounts.
All eyes will be on Tim Cook when he launches the expected iPhone 16 next month.
