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It is important to note other studies,which looked at academic performance and phone use, have found similar results. Following a ban on cell phone use, test scores among 16 year olds improved an ...
The effect on kids is even more profound: A study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group in San Francisco, found that among kids ages 11-17, smartphones are a “constant companion” and that ...
According to a study by the London School of Economics, students' academic performance improved when cell phone usage was banned in schools. This ban not only helped students score higher in exams, but also reduced the students' temptation to use cell phones for non-scholarly purposes.
CalMatters reports on how California's governor is calling for a statewide crackdown on cell phones in schools, an idea that is gaining traction in multiple states. Schools that banned phones a ...
The group, called “Adolescence Free of Mobile Phones,” quickly expanded to other schools and then across the entire country to now include over 10,000 members. The most engaged parents have formed pairs of activists in schools across Spain and are pushing for fellow parents to agree not to get their kids smartphones until they are 16.
Families use cell phones to get in touch with their children by the use of e-mails and web (George, 2008). These families contact their children to know how they're redoing and entertain them in the process. Moreover, cell phone communication brings families more closely increasing the relationship between family members.
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The study shows that young people aged 12–15 tend to use their phones between 3 and 6 hours a day, although many of them spend the entire 6 hours. The authors believe that the use of social media could be limited and there could be more guidance to young people on this topic, as well as more research should be done on limiting social media.