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Parents want a way to keep in touch with kids during the school day, especially in case of an emergency. Schools across the country are banning cellphones from classrooms. Now that the school year is ...

In Flint, Michigan, students will return to class after winter break with a new rule in place: Their cellphones (and hoodies) will be banned from school, largely in the name of safety. “When we think ...

Yondr, based in Mar Vista, makes a locking neoprene pouch that about 250 L.A. Unified schools are using to enforce the district’s new cellphone ban. Students at University Charter High School said ...

A small but growing number of consumers, especially parents, want to bring back the old technology as an alternative to ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted that children are better off not having cellphones during school shootings and classroom emergencies because their devices could tip off their location to maniacs. Hochul’s ...

A big advantage of giving a child a smartwatch is that it saves you from having to buy a smartphone while still providing a direct line to your kid. This can be especially helpful for parents managing ...

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It’s hard to find a child that doesn’t have their own phone, so if yours wants one, that’s perfectly normal. But what do you get them? A lot of parents will just buy their child whatever they want, ...

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