{"id":235730,"date":"2024-06-28T15:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=235730"},"modified":"2024-06-28T15:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:01:52","slug":"finally-new-york-to-ban-phones-in-citys-classrooms-amid-fears-for-fully-addicted-childrens-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=235730","title":{"rendered":"FINALLY! New York to ban phones in city\u2019s classrooms amid fears for \u2018fully addicted\u2019 children\u2019s mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/york-ban-phones-city-classrooms-123713782.html\"><strong>READ HERE:<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Schools in New York City are planning to ban the use of\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/mobile-phones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:mobile phones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"10\" data-v9y=\"1\">mobile phones<\/a>\u00a0amid concerns over children\u2019s mental health.<\/h3>\n<h3>America\u2019s largest schools system announced the move on Wednesday following a detailed consultation with medical professionals.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cOur kids are\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/06\/04\/children-screened-smartphone-addiction-spain-online-harms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:fully addicted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"11\" data-v9y=\"1\">fully addicted<\/a>\u00a0to these phones, we\u2019ve got to do something about it,\u201d said David Banks,\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-rapid_p=\"12\" data-v9y=\"1\">New York City<\/a>\u00a0schools chancellor, in an interview with broadcaster NY1.<\/h3>\n<h3>He said the new rules, which will be announced in full next month, will affect around 915,000 students.<\/h3>\n<h3>In a bid to ease fears of parents being unable to contact their children, Mr Banks said the new rules would allow devices in school grounds but their use would not be permitted during school hours.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}