Mobile phone confiscated

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

I wouldn't want my child doing a 45 minute walk down dark country lanes with or without a phone. I think the journey to school is something that should be considered when choosing schools. A child's safety is paramount, I think we sometimes delude ourselves about the protection a phone gives the child, more that it is reassuring for parents to know where they are.

Alas, she lived in a converted farm house, 45 minutes from the main road with about 3 houses and a church between the main road and her house, so wherever she went to school she'd have had to do that walk.
And she was attending the nearest grammar school to her house, which was a further 90 minute journey from the main road.
It's the kind of stuff you do for a good education.

mumps

ThumbRemote wrote: »

I presume you have actually read the OP, where they specifically state they have no problem with the phone being confiscated? Their issue is solely that the school wouldn't return it to the parent.

No they had a problem with it not being returned when they wanted it. Teachers will probably be teaching, shocking I know, and why should other children have their education disrupted so teacher goes off to the office to deal with parents who want their childs phone this minute?

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

Alas, she lived in a converted farm house, 45 minutes from the main road with about 3 houses and a church between the main road and her house, so wherever she went to school she'd have had to do that walk.
And she was attending the nearest grammar school to her house, which was a further 90 minute journey from the main road.
It's the kind of stuff you do for a good education.

Living somewhere that a child can get to school safely, or collecting them, is what you do to keep your child safe. Giving them a mobile phone does not mean they are safe.

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

Living somewhere that a child can get to school safely, or collecting them, is what you do to keep your child safe. Giving them a mobile phone does not mean they are safe.

If only it was always that simple.
I don't know the exact reasons why they lived there but I know her mom's partner ran a business from the large barn conversion, so maybe they needed the space and simply buying a new house wasn't that easy?
And surprisingly, some people work so can't drop everything to go pick their child up from the bus stop and drop them home.

MamaMoo_2

mumps wrote: »

It is not always illegal to carry a knife, size and purpose come into it.

It's a criminal offence to carry a knife or other weapon on school premises.

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

It's a criminal offence to carry a knife or other weapon on school premises.

But the OP doesn't think schools have a right to enforce rules (and laws are rules) to keep children safe. I still think the issue is with the child who broke the rules.

mumps

MamaMoo wrote: »

If only it was always that simple.
I don't know the exact reasons why they lived there but I know her mom's partner ran a business from the large barn conversion, so maybe they needed the space and simply buying a new house wasn't that easy?
And surprisingly, some people work so can't drop everything to go pick their child up from the bus stop and drop them home.

Funny how they manage to arrange things with 5 year olds, or did she do the walk by herself then as well?

ThumbRemote

mumps wrote: »

No they had a problem with it not being returned when they wanted it. Teachers will probably be teaching, shocking I know, and why should other children have their education disrupted so teacher goes off to the office to deal with parents who want their childs phone this minute?

There was no need to a teacher to be involved at this stage. It could easily be handled by the office staff.

If the teacher did need to be involved, then whoever phoned Mrs halibut2209 should have stated the time they needed to come; not just that they needed to collect it.

bod1467

Statistically children are at no greater risk now than they were 30-40 years ago when I was a kid. It's just that MEDIA coverage is more prevalent now.

Nobody worried 30-40 years ago about kids walking home from school, and we didn't have phones then either.

ThumbRemote

mumps wrote: »

Funny how they manage to arrange things with 5 year olds, or did she do the walk by herself then as well?

Maybe they were homeschooled. but the parent doesn't have the required skills to do that at secondary level.

Or maybe you've just got some really odd views, and it's none of your business anyway.