Here are Common Sense Media's guidelines for cellphone carrying kids. (Fotolia)
Ask any middle or high school teacher what their biggest classroom challenge is, and it's pretty much guaranteed they'll say “cellphones”.
Makes sense. Today, 95% of teens have access to a cellphone, and nearly half say they're on them “constantly”. Putting aside for a moment the need to find solutions to this problem, inquiring minds want to know: What the heck is on kids' phones that they can't go an entire class without them?
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