So far, the biggest pushback comes from parents.Parents want a way for kids to keep in touch if something horrible, like a shooting, happens at school. I wrote about this in my last column.

Was it the right call? A year after a Seattle school bans smartphones, educators and parents say they love it, but kids aren't so sure.

It’s not the school’s job to police kids’ phone habits, something parents are acutely aware isn’t easy. And that gets to the thorny crux of the issue: Parents are often the problem.

Phone call frequency is a bad metric for measuring relationship closeness. If parents want a closer relationship with their adult children, they should inquire about the relationship more broadly.

Parents NEVER did. And that’s OK. When I was a kid (long before the internet and cellphones), my parents (who were fantastic parents), were not paying attention to us 100% of the time.

By constantly texting their kids at school, parents are unwittingly stymying their children’s educational potential and failing to launch independent adults into the world, writes Jill Filipovic.

Parents sending their kids back to school now have to weigh the pros and cons of giving a child a cell phone. ABC 10News Anchor Jared Aarons speaks with parents and experts about how to decide.