My grandson goes to school in Southend and his headteacher has banned mobile phones.
Thank goodness for that – they are a horrible distraction in the home so they must be even worse while at school.
The potential for bullying is also there.
How I support this action by the school. If only we could also ban them elsewhere! Nobody has conversations any more – they are too distracted and concentrating on social media to care about face to face conversation.
I maybe a relic of the past but how I wish we had a world without mobile phones.
L ADAMS
Arterial Road, Southend
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