head teacher asks parents not to use phones at school pick up - what a great idea

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East Sussex: Head teacher urges parents to put their phones away - BBC News

i couldnt find a thread on this, but good for him

i remember years ago walking home behind a man with two children permanently talking on his mobile, while his kids were ignored

I am working. I work through my ‘lunch hour’. I work after I’m meant to be finished. My boss is fine with it, so it’s really not your business is it.

@boater I am working. I work through my ‘lunch hour’. I work after I’m meant to be finished. My boss is fine with it, so it’s really not your business is it.

If that's the case, you have no reason to have to be answering your phone or answering emails when picking up your child.

But I can do both. I can dial into a call that is scheduled around multiple other people’s diaries and I can collect my DC. It’s extraordinary how one doesn’t preclude the other!