How Is One Town's No Cell Phone for Kids Policy Working?

How is one town's no cell phone for kids policy working?

How is Greystones’ cell phone policy working? | What the Tech?As parents in the Irish town put off getting their kids a smartphone, what trends are they seeing? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — In Greystones, Ireland, kids get their first smartphones when they are 13 years old and are about to enter what we would say is seventh grade. Can parents tell a difference in the kids who grew up with a phone and those who didn’t? At Temple Carrig Se…

What The Tech: The difference in kids with smartphones vs. those without

BY JAMEY TUCKER, Consumer Technology Reporter In Greystones, Ireland, kids get their first smartphones when they enter secondary school -what we call seventh grade, when the kids are about 13 years old. So the question we wanted to look at is can you tell a difference in the kids who grew up with a phone and those who didn’t. At Temple Carrig Secondary School, chaplain Josh Barrington says the signs are hard to miss. “The more they’re on the scr…