[quietthrow]

> So why are we babying students by incessant confiscation and phone cubby nonsense?

Because your prefontal cortext does not fully grow till you are in your early 20s. A 17 years olds brain is very different from that off a 22 year old. There are different repercussions to arressting development vs letting the brain "grow" and then have it face the issues of the day. Both will still have impact but the latter gives them the best fighting chance.

[cykros]

Arguably a good reason for school to not be the only place teenagers aren't given unfettered access to digital crack.