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Phone policies don't fail in the classroom — they fail at the kitchen table. A five-step playbook for building genuine parent buy-in, answering the emergency question before it's asked, and extending intentional screen time into the home.

For years, schools have debated whether smartphones belong in the classroom. Teachers have watched attention spans shrink. Parents have worried about anxiety, social media, and constant distraction. Students themselves often admit that staying focused is harder than ever. Then Jonathan Haidt's bestselling book The Anxious Generation brought much of that conversation into the mainstream. His central argument is straightforward: childhood changed dramatically when smartphones and social media...