Is it Good to let the children bring cellphones in School?

I think that there is no many kids aged 12 or more in my country who had not a cellphone and don't bring it at school. Actually some phones are sold for toddlers, with only the number of their parents available and a GPS system... Now parents want to know at any moment where is their child. When I was a kid, if I was one hour late at home, I was scolded by my parents. Now the kids are tracked, the geographical position of their phone is known with an error of approximately 10 meters, and the parents are satisfied, but these kids use also their phone to call and text their friends... What I want to say is that both sides have some advantages and some disadvantages with mobile phones. But you already know that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Have a nice day.

At my school, we were allowed to take phones providing we handed them in at the beginning of the day and picked them up at the end, so that we would be safer on the journeys to and from school. This worked well. There's no real need for people to have them in school, as they can be contacted through the school office if there is any need for them to be during the day. Phones are distracting during class, and the children might not get as much work done if they have their phones, so it's probably for the best that they're not allowed in the classrooms themselves.

I do not recommend that kids should be allowed to bring cell phones in school because it is a kind of distraction for them and it can divert their attention from studies. If need be, they could be asked to make a call from a school phone and their parents could do its vice versa.

Hello there! Well, it depends but for me, it would be nice when children are allowed to bring cell phones at school. Things will run smoothly when some measures are taken. Cell phones are useful means of communication, they can use it to contact their parents in case of emergency. On the other hand, it would be a distraction to their studies since some phones are good entertainers particularly those that support games, music, internet browsing and downloading (not recommended for very young children). To solve that, try to search for a program locking application. For symbian, I suggest installing 'advanced device locks'. With this application, you can select applications to lock. For example, you locked the games installed on the phone, they won't be able to access it unless they know the code. Now, use this application to lock the features that you think that it will be a disturbance to their studies. Of course, do not lock messaging and contacts because these are useful. For other platforms, try to search for a similar application. It is not to give them what they want, it is to give them what they need. The only problem now is the risk of snatching, especially when children are too young. Have a nice day!

I think it is not good to let children to use cellphone in school. In emergency purpose the school admin can contact with the family. Using of cellphone by children in school has more negative effect than positive. So it is not advisable to use cellphone in school.

my little sister will be a 1st grader this coming June. mom wont be able to check on her during recess and lunch because she has to stay at home for my son. i on the other hand will go to school. we decided to give a cellphone (not the expensive ones! haha) so that we could check on her from time to time. i'll fetch her when it's time for her to go home though, and since we are a pioneer family in her school we know most of the teachers there. i can say that giving a cellphone to a 1st grader is not all positive, but we're just looking at it as a help for her to be independent.

Hi. speedytypist. I think that the schools should only allow students to bring their own cell phone if it is only an emergency. The cell phone should only be allowed to dial emergency numbers only and the number to their parents employment and their house number. I know that this may seem impossible, but it will ensure that teens don't call other phone numbers that would interfere with their studies. I have a cousin that takes her cell phone to school with her. She is usually texting in the morning and I am wondering how is she able to do this when she is supposed to be in class. Her mom really gives her many privileges because when she was living with us many years ago, she made sure that she made it very hard for us to have anything that we wanted to.

Hi speedytypist, I don't know all details about the use of cellphone in other country but in country high school students are not formally allowed to bring a cell phone in the classroom. My son is 8+ old but we never have thought of giving him one. mobile phone has literally spoiled the present generation. Unless the user learns its people use of ban mobile inside class room or the school premises.

hi, i think its not good to let our children to bring cellphones in school,because its a distraction to there learning classes,and one of the policy in other school cellphones are not allowed inside or teacher will confiscate it.

For me, it depends on the kid and the kid's maturity and sense of responsibility. If a kid acts like a cellphone will increase his/her popularity, I probably won't consider giving him a unit. But if a kid shows a shred of being responsible, I might relent. I know that cellphones are great tools for security and communication but the tool can be misused by the kid for other purposes. So I guess it is a case to case basis.

For me, I think it is good to let the children bring cellphones in school so that I could contact her in case of emergency or if ever I could be late in getting her in school. I am a working mom and I fetch my daughter at school everyday because our house is very far from the city. There are times when I could not go out of the office at 5pm and I will be late for getting her, it is convenient that I could reach her through text or call. We have been doing this since she was in 4th grade till now that she will be a 3rd year Highschool. It is more difficult when she was in grade 4 because her last subject ends at 3:30pm. She has to wait for me for two hours and she usually stays at the canteen or the library. Whenever that she was not on the mentioned placed, I could easily text her where she was. Cellphones are not allowed to be used inside her classroom so she turns it off or sometimes put it in silence mode. I also have to be aware of her vacant time so that I could call her. Cellphones are convenient for both of us, she could easily communicate with me and vice versa.

Definately not a wise idea....They are children and need to give priority on their studies first.....when you give gadgets to young people they often get addicted to it and then their studies are no longer priority......why not wit till they get their first salary and let them buy the first cellphones themselves.....they will realise the value of money and also be more focused in life to do the right things.....in case of emergency they can surely call from the school or else where by just informing the teacher.......but giving them cellphones at young ages is not a wise options........

I think it is okay to let children bring cellphone to school, but of course with some rules. for example: cellphone should be turned off/in vibration mode and no cellphone activity (calling/texting/playing games,etc) during class hours. since cellphone nowadays become more sophisticated and more interesting, there will be students who cannot resist using it in class hours. this is the teachers' task to determine which effective punishment can be imposed to prevent the cellphone disturbance happening again in class hours.

For me it's good for children to bring cellphone at school so that they are reachable in case of emergency. But like you said they could also use that for having a relationship. For me it's okay for a high school student to be involve in a relationship as long as they know their limits, I think this is where responsible parenting occurs. Talk to your children and tell them what the use of their cellphone and what they should not do with it.

Well, if allowing kids to have cellphones for emergency purposes, they should deposit their cellphones to the teacher in charge or to the Principal's office when the class began. When I was teaching before, I won't allow my students to keep on texting or calling unless it is an emergency during class. Teachers must keep the cellphones during class time and turn it back to students after class.

No absolutely not a good idea. Well actually an even worse idea would be allow them to bring them into the class rooms. For years, their was a cell phone ban at the High School that I went to. People didn't listen. There were a enough cell phones confiscated to fill an entire store or really that is what it really did seem. The ban was relaxed, but they could only put them in their locker until the end of the day. Obviously, that was something that people still decided to break the rules for. I don't know what was more distracting, the students having the cell phones or the teachers finding out about them. It really did disrupt the flow of class. Most students can't be trusted to use them in a responsible manner, most children can't. Most adults can't either. Therefore, allowing them to bring it to school, yeah, I don't like this idea at all. It just seems like there is really no reason to have it there. Especially considering that if there's an emergency, the school can call from their phones. So maybe allowing them to bring them but they have to be kept in their locker during school hours. Of course this is at a high school level, fourteen or older. Children shouldn't even have cell phones before then. Yet, I see eight or nine year old children with cell phones.

i don't want to allow that, there is a danger of losing that. kids are careless and they should not be using that stuff yet until they are much much older.

I don't see it is not good to bring cellphone to school.The performance of child does not depend on this..So i don't think this might ruin their studies.Just trust them,it's ok.And in case if there is some emergency there, it could also help a lot.

hi speedytypist for me yes because now i days everything is dangerous , kidnapping and many more incident, cellphone is very useful to contact them in case of emergency and if they will tell you important, High school students can actually keep there belongings , txtmate most people have them just talk to your son and tell them that if possible no texting during discussion, And i think even teachers confiscate there cellphone if they are using it while on discussion

Here it is against school policy to let your child take their cell phones to school however three of my children do take theirs to school and they know to keep them turned off and out of sight. In todays day and age I think it's unsafe for them to go to school without them plus they have after school activities and a lot of times they may go with a friend or walk to them and if they were canceled etc they would need to be able to call me.