Let’s talk about the elephant in the room if you live in Alabama. No phones in school this year. Wait. What? I know. I know. As we all collectively clutched our pearls and thought for sure our children would never be ok without them…they in fact…are. Word on the street is they are thriving.

We are a week into the school year here.  I have been chatting with students and teachers as well as just keeping my finger on the pulse of what “folks are saying”.  Largely through FB community groups.  (Have y’all ever been on one of those things?  Whew.  Tread carefully.  Things are WILD in there.). But I digress.  When it was first announced that phones would not be allowed in schools, there was concern.  From students?   One would think they would have the biggest issue with their constant communication device taken away for ….holds breath…at least 6 hours a day.  That has not been the case.  Here are a few responses I have gotten when chatting with students “I am SO happy we can not have them!”  “I feel better now that everyone is not on them.” “I hope it stays this way.” “It has been AMAZING!” 

In todays world it seems like everyone knows everything about everybody.  And that just feels like a lot of…stuff…for our brains to take in.  What your neighbor had for dinner with their spouse during …#datenight.  How much your friends, friend of a friend is enjoying their vacation…#blessed. How angry the neighbor down the street is with her husband because he won’t help around the house…#whocares The first time your cousins toddler went potty on the potty….#finally. How much your favorite influencers daughter loves to dress up as Elsa and provides 50 pictures of her as proof….#letiggo