Smartphone bans in schools boost children's social well-being: study


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A 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain, on June 17, 2024. Prohibiting the use of smartphones in schools measurably boosts students' social well-being, according to a recent meta-analysis of five international research studies on the matter. — Photo: AP

Prohibiting the use of smartphones in schools measurably boosts students' social well-being, according to a recent meta-analysis of five international research studies on the matter.

"The children feel better, and better enjoy going to school because during the breaks they talk to and play with each other more," says Klaus Zierer, co-author of the analysis and professor of school pedagogy at the University of Augsburg in Germany.

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