💨 Abstract

The author reflects on a moment when, having left their phone at home, they witnessed parents engrossed in their phones while picking up their children from school. This experience led them to reconsider their own phone habits and the example they were setting for their kids. They decided to impose a phone ban from arriving at the school gates until they were home, which has improved their connection with their children and reduced anxiety from constant phonechecking.

Courtesy: Kirsty Ketley