Schools Banned Phones, So Why Aren't Kids Thriving?
Dr. Cantor talks to Yahoo about the brain science behind why phone bans aren't enough, and what parents can add to help.
In an interview with Yahoo, Pamela Cantor, M.D. explains why school phone bans answer a narrower question than the one parents are actually asking. Removing the phone reduces exposure, but it doesn't restore the connection that was displaced, and without it the brain keeps sending its fuel to threat detection instead of learning. She talks about why locking up phones at home often backfires, a simple test for whether a child's phone use is the problem or a symptom, and where she agrees and parts ways with Jonathan Haidt.
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