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Nick M. Velli
@archroadkill@mastodon.social

@futurebird@sauropods.win Sorry but I have to disagree on that one. If you've ever seen a bunch of teenagers with phones you know that allowing that in a summer camp completely changes the entire social dynamics by, erm, taking away much of the "social" part

If you want to retain some way to text then maybe smart watches would be an option. But you have to eliminate access to social media if you want anything else to go on besides a couple of kids complaining every time you interrupt their Tiktok consumption

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

@archroadkill@mastodon.social

I'm a teacher and I've taken kids on camping trips. They all had their phones. We told them that this was meant to be an offline time and their phones would need to stay in their bags.

I had to tell two students to put them away and threaten to take the phone of one who did it again. Some of them used their phones in their sleeping bags after lights out, but most didn't. I didn't bother to enforce that one since during the day they forget the phones even existed.


Daniel Lakeland
@dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org

@futurebird@sauropods.win @archroadkill@mastodon.social

I'm with you 100%. Of course I'm an anarchist and I generally don't like anyone banning anything at a government level. I think it's fine to enforce contextual community rules, I think it's even better to explain the reasoning for the rules and get consensus and buy in from those who are supposed to follow them. It's even better if the things you're doing are in fact more interesting than scrolling Insta...

My kids understand when phones are and are not appropriate

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

@archroadkill@mastodon.social

I do think there can be something freeing and wonderful about "disconnecting" but I don't think one really feels it if someone else is forcing you to do it.

This trip was middle school. The seniors
decided that they didn't want any phone use on their bus ride as we let them decide what rules they wanted for their class trip. (up to a point)

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

@archroadkill@mastodon.social

I love to let them set the rules when possible because then
I don't need to be the cop. They are so strict with each other.

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

@archroadkill@mastodon.social

I love to let them set the rules when possible because then
I don't need to be the cop. They are so strict with each other.