“If I had one message for education policy makers and the upcoming national convention on the future of education in Ireland, it would be a blanket ban of smart phones across our schools.”
That’s according to family psychotherapist, Dr Richard Hogan, the keynote speaker at the annual congress of Education and Training Boards Ireland which took place Cavan in October.
Mr. Hogan added: “I strongly believe – and this is backed up data and research – that smart phones are contributing to the silencing of adolescence. We are witnessing the death of small talk among our young people, and the accompanying social skills they need to thrive.”
