School phone bans seem obvious but could make it harder for kids to use tech in healthy ways

  • Written by: Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University

School phone bans may seem like the answer to reeling in young people’s technology use.

But if we ban phones and bury this issue under the sand, when and how do our kids learn to have a healthy relationship with technology in a world becoming more tech-focused by the day?

Existing bans in Australian schools

School mobile phone bans have...

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