School Family

This Mississippi district isn’t alone in trying to clamp down on cell phone use at school. Sounds like these guys are taking a common-sense approach to appropriate controls over outright ban. Thinking about a cell for your dear son or daughter?  Here are some kids’ cell phone shopping tips from our staff.

Each school year, it seems more and more kids head off to school toting cell phones. I imagine the old school pay phone (20 years later, I can still remember the calling card code I used daily!) will soon be going
the way of the dinosaur.

So of course, we’ve covered the trend with this piece on kids’ cell phone buying tips. I also found this video from the New York Times technology expert (these guys are always following our lead—it’s getting tiresome) pretty good. Good to see that the phone companies are coming up with just-for-kids phones so that we parents can benefit from the safety and convenience elements while still guarding against the always-plugged-in temptations that abound these days.