The problem with that study is that phone bans work...pouches do not. Schools in UK that have implemented a full ban on all internet enabled devices on site with only simple phones allowed have seen significant changes. Yes anecdotal but this is head teachers saying this and sure studies will follow. Pouches are just pushed by that industry as a solution but they cost schools both time and money and keep the culture of owning smart phones so still have issues everywhere else
I work with suicidal youth on an inpatient psychiatric ward. We don't allow phones or social media. Kids themselves say the break helps them process their crisis. It works when the rules are universal and temporary — which is exactly the logic behind Ontario's classroom ban.
Kids are trained to think in headlines. But their emotions don't fit in one. They need the bandwidth to go deeper.
On the YouTube finding — I am one of those 17% of doctors on the platform but I am not much of an influencer with 474 subscribers. What I noticed is that YouTube rewards simple universal advice. You don't need medical school for that. The algorithm doesn't support layered analysis of a layered world.
My oldest is only in 3rd grade but some kids her age already have phones, which is scary! This is helpful and I will be taking in all the info I can in the years leading up to when we decide to let our kids have one.
Great post. Please send me the JAMA article on Youth suicide and 988 usage. I no longer have an institutional account. Susan@susanlandersmd.com Thanks!❤️
This is so interesting because when I was in high school in the late 2000s there were HARD bans on cell phones people got detention for having them. When did they start letting them back in the classroom?
The Maycember footnote made me laugh — but it also struck me that your Gladiator comparison is pointed the wrong direction. Prom, graduation, the bake sale, the talent show — those aren't the arena. The phones are. That's where kids get pitted against each other for an audience's entertainment, with real stakes and no clean way to walk out of the ring. The chaos you're describing in May is at least chaos with real people, who'll see each other again tomorrow. Increasingly that sounds like the cure, not the colosseum.
The problem with that study is that phone bans work...pouches do not. Schools in UK that have implemented a full ban on all internet enabled devices on site with only simple phones allowed have seen significant changes. Yes anecdotal but this is head teachers saying this and sure studies will follow. Pouches are just pushed by that industry as a solution but they cost schools both time and money and keep the culture of owning smart phones so still have issues everywhere else
This resonates with my clinical experience.
I work with suicidal youth on an inpatient psychiatric ward. We don't allow phones or social media. Kids themselves say the break helps them process their crisis. It works when the rules are universal and temporary — which is exactly the logic behind Ontario's classroom ban.
Kids are trained to think in headlines. But their emotions don't fit in one. They need the bandwidth to go deeper.
On the YouTube finding — I am one of those 17% of doctors on the platform but I am not much of an influencer with 474 subscribers. What I noticed is that YouTube rewards simple universal advice. You don't need medical school for that. The algorithm doesn't support layered analysis of a layered world.
That's what Substack is for.
My oldest is only in 3rd grade but some kids her age already have phones, which is scary! This is helpful and I will be taking in all the info I can in the years leading up to when we decide to let our kids have one.
Great post. Please send me the JAMA article on Youth suicide and 988 usage. I no longer have an institutional account. Susan@susanlandersmd.com Thanks!❤️
This is so interesting because when I was in high school in the late 2000s there were HARD bans on cell phones people got detention for having them. When did they start letting them back in the classroom?
The Maycember footnote made me laugh — but it also struck me that your Gladiator comparison is pointed the wrong direction. Prom, graduation, the bake sale, the talent show — those aren't the arena. The phones are. That's where kids get pitted against each other for an audience's entertainment, with real stakes and no clean way to walk out of the ring. The chaos you're describing in May is at least chaos with real people, who'll see each other again tomorrow. Increasingly that sounds like the cure, not the colosseum.
Enjoyed and felt cheered by your findings, Jackie. Thx!
Okay I do have thoughts on Blogilates though...