It is no surprise that Gillian Keegan’s announcement that she will “ban phones in schools” has gone down well with parents. Phones in schools pose a huge problem for parents and teachers alike: 97 per cent of children own a phone by the age of 12, and up to a third of schools say pupils are regularly using phones in lessons. Mumsnet is ablaze with parents at their wits’ end dealing with children so glued to their devices that they will no longer engage with day-to-day family life – and, more troublingly, lots of parents believe that social media now plays a big part in school bullying. In shor…
