‘There’s a bubbling up of the zeitgeist’: Parents rise up against smartphones
Children need time to play, make friends, learn, be creative and independent
01 September 2024 - 00:00
“If you see me with my cellphone, you are allowed to confront me,” Shane Kidwell, the headmaster of St Albans College in Pretoria, told boys at the school where cellphones “cannot be seen” during the academic day or they are confiscated. That rule holds for everyone: the head, teachers and boys alike...
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