[mfgs]

The kids in my family attend a school where the parents have all verbally agreed to not get their kids a smart phone until 16. This removes the peer pressure element of owning a phone/instagram/etc. When that’s removed there is little downside and huge upsides to the kids not having phones.

[jasonfarnon]

Can I ask what type of school, and do you know if this is commonly done? The main difficulty I have with restricting phone use is that these days it can entirely isolate the kid socially. If the kid had a good number of friends who knew how to interact without in person I'd be a lot more comfortable.

[dryrun]

How big is the school, if you don't mind me asking? And was it something pushed by the parents or the school itself? Would you mind sharing the papers/mails regarding justification & such?