Ok. Texting in itself is not wrong. I think parents overreact, i am not yet a parent so when i am one i will reconsider, but texting is not wrong its that ” instant gratification” creeping up, and the urgency that young kids feel. When i was in day school, ( i got a cell phone in 8th grade right after 9/11), and in highschool, they were absolutely not allowed in class, it never really happened but if someone was caught with the phone out it was taken away and not given back until a parent came to pick it up. So as far as texting in class, that shouldn’t be an option. Texting in a meeting or lecture is that persons own decision and problem, noone should be on here judging them or criticizing. If you think it looks rude then YOU dont do it. Dont worry about someone else. As far as texting boys and girls..this is what really gets me!!! If you have children in bais yaakov and the like..and allow them to know boys/vice versa/ outside of school, then catching them texting them should not be a shock. My husband used to teach at a boys school in boro park, charedi school, black and white he taught 6th 7th grade, but a lot of these kids said they ” had girlfriends”, and went on “dates”. 7th grade..i know..but still. If you have a young in a school like that, but let him spend time with girls outside of school and give him a cell phone..hes a human being what do you expect.
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