It would curtail use of sites or cost districts federal money. We know social media hurts children’s sleep and self-esteem and boosts anxiety.
Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.Sen. Ted Cruz doesn’t think kids should have unfettered access to social media apps while in school. He’s proposed legislation, “,” which would limit children’s access to the sites by requiring schools that receive federal broadband funding to cut off access on networks and devices they subsidize.
The Texas Republican’s legislation is a good inroad into a growing problem that few don’t take seriously enough, least of all the kids. More studies show that kids use social media at an alarmingly high pace and that spending several hours on social media a day fails to provide a net gain. In fact, almost everything we learn suggests kids are, distracted by it in school when they should be learning and, at home, when they should be doing homework or connecting with family and friends.
All school administrators would have to do to curb rampant social media use among kids is institute a schoolwide policy that demands kids have limited to no access to their phones during school hours or can only use them during class for assignments. Emergencies are the only exceptions. After school hours, when kids need to get in touch with parents, is fine, too.
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