In late 2024, the Year 4 parents at Thomas's Battersea made an agreement: no smartphones until the end of Year 8. Nineteen months in, it is the parents who are struggling.
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The pact: what happens when a year group agrees to wait.
A case study from a year group at Thomas's Battersea, nineteen months in.
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