The Anxious Generation

Collective Action Problems

100

At least 10 parents pledge to stick together and sign a pledge that their children will not have cell phones and will have others to play with.

Voluntary Coordination

200

Seeing things differently, for example, accepting that a 9 year old is capable of walking around without chaperones.

Social Norms and Moralization

300

Developing a quick and easy way to verify age on the Internet.

Technological Solutions

400

Governments can set laws to verify ages on the Internet and institutions can set policies on cell phone usage.

Laws and Rules

500

This law 

The law does not state that cell phones must be allowed or banned. However, the law requires that each board’s policy must:  

• Emphasize that student cell phone use be as limited as possible during school hours.  
• Reduce cell phone-related distractions in classroom settings. 

SB 250