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		oldpersonintx on Aug 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Greenwich schools to ban most cellphones, Apple Wa... if you really want to optimize for a very-low-probability event, just don't live in a school district with cellphone bans you'll trade for a near-guarantee that your kid will have some social anxiety or attention issues...but if you really want to make sure they have a phone available in the low-probability event of a school shooting, this is the tradeoff you will make

vkou on Aug 19, 2024 [–]

What exactly is the kid's phone going to do in the case of a school shooting? Does it unfold into a bullet-proof vest, or a gun, or something?

Speaking of bulletproof vests, wouldn't ensuring that Junior is wearing one be way more useful than a cellphone for seeing him home alive?

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