Ah okay, that does make your point a little clearer tbf. I agree a lot of it is hysteria, and it exists purely in the vaccum of ignorance which could be solved with a bit more wisdom.

That said, I work in tech and there’s a bit more to this one. I don’t think it should involve not having access to a phone at all, and it shouldn’t impact a parents ability to get in contact with their child after school for example, but a lot of apps on phones do cause real harm to developing brains and because a lot of parents simply aren’t being responsible enough in guiding their children’s relationship with technology, I at least somewhat understand why schools are doing something. I don’t think preventing kids from feeding an addiction to instagram at lunchtime is anything but a good thing.

I think banning e-readers is beyond ridiculous though, as is preventing any kind of internet connection instead of using allowlists for things like wikipedia and whatnot. That’s lazy and also prevents developing a good relationshii with the internet.