August 5, 2025 • 20 mins
Shifting gears to education and legacy: Texas has enacted a statewide ban on cell phones and smart devices in public schools, effective this fall under House Bill 1481, requiring schools to store devices away during the school day to boost student focus and limit distractions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You have given your children all of the fruit without
any of the labor.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Crisie in food May in this book.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
No Free Ride say we've given our children everything they
wanted and forgot to give them what they needed.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Come on, y'all, ain't saying nothing to me.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
You have got to stop raising children who operate with
white privilege with no black consciousness. So you are raising
the soft, suburban entitled kids who got flat screen televisions
in their bedroom. But the Nigros can't conjregate birds. They
(00:43):
got a thousand dollars cell phones and don't know how
to reduce fractions. They got expensive tennis shoes, and you
don't even make the little nigro go out for the team.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Stop making your children soft, because it's.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
An evil world out for.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Hoches Man.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yes, Gary, you want to help you to the tea.
It's Gary gar.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
In the color the other day.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Gary, good morning, Good morning, Ricky, Good morning America. Good
morning in the US Tuesday. A beautiful, beautiful they in
the neighborhood. And here's what's happening in celebrity news, y'all.
Everybody's excited about this, and they're congratulating Ricky de von
Franklin and celebrity trainer Miss Maria Costello is being reported
(01:34):
y'all that they tied the knight recently in a deeply
spiritual ceremony at Castel Lago in Beverly Hills. He said, quote,
we wanted to create an event that evokes the beginning
of our love story.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
This is what Franklin told People Magazine.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Costello added, every detail is intentional, from the music here,
to the decor, to the vowels, to the spiritual moment.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
The lakeside ceremony led by passing. They say.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Costello wore a Gagelia lahab down with a touch of
drama and a Spanish flat when mister Franklin wore a
dark Georgia Armani suit.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
And Christian Lubertin shoes.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Now Kelly Rowland LaToya, look at Adrian bellon Harden. They
were all in attendance and major y'all surprised to guess
with the performance of Why I Love You?
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Isn't that good for y'all? They said.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
The guests enjoyed Dominican and soul food, including mulcus jambalaya
and banana pudding shots. The night ended with a Dominican
Horo Luca, filled with dancers, stilt walkers, and flashing lights.
We want the wedding to be a testimony of God's
goodness and congratulations.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
In the background, she find too. She's a beautiful but fine,
but I hate he got him some fine.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Yeah, she's a beautiful because Megan was a beautiful woman.
A lot of people are saying, honey, why will it toll?
You're lucky them all go to that way when they
are friends to Megan.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Good but that him as well.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, but they might have been.
Speaker 7 (03:24):
Friends with him before they was friends with Megan. They
supposed to just stop being friends with him.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Well, Brad, you got to pick one.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't get.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
I feel so sorry for Megan and Meghan.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And she's so happy.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
Megan is so happy.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
But look with the bonne and married a beautiful woman.
She's a fitness, beautiful man. But he ain't got no job.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Don't do that.
Speaker 9 (03:46):
Yes he do.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Nobody put him in that movie.
Speaker 9 (03:48):
Yes you do.
Speaker 10 (03:49):
He in the movie.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
He got a movie out right now that was an
old one. No it's not old.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
But anyway, let's continue to pray for both parties. Y'all.
They both got mad.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
And they both are happy.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Let's just ended it.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I'm just still friends.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Well, they ain't took no pictures together yet, and Megan
didn't go to the way. And honey, if I'm friends
with my ex, but I'm coming to the way in
to the congratulations.
Speaker 11 (04:07):
Like so just saying that you ain't doing that with
your shallows Stelf, You're coming, Tona, come there.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
What you're gonna stand when you bust through them doors?
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Gary, Congratulations.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I thought it would have.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Been me, honey standing here with you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Regulation you always be the one that.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
See friends.
Speaker 11 (04:45):
Just what we were talking about on the phone yesterday.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
She gonna here you go, here you go.
Speaker 12 (04:50):
Congratulations Baby, what you said, jes that you have even
say goodbye?
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Congratulations?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Maybe I hope you had because you didn't even say goodbye.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
There's mom. If I could read, lets.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You say you always me.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I love him. You and Brett get on my nerves
every morning.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
I don't feel I guarantee. I just love this song.
I think Maggie is happy. I think Divan is happy.
Congratulations to both of them.
Speaker 13 (05:34):
And when I said, ogulations, you're happy because you didn't
even say goodbye, seduating, worry.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
This every morning. Oh we can see that all day.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
Honey's baby.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Oh I love that song.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
It's coming on.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
The Never Run so best before I rushed inside the
chapel door.
Speaker 12 (06:19):
You lady, all alone, you turned around and help me close.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
It's hurt, yeah, he said.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
She said she rushed inside the chapel door.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
That she did, did honey, she rushed inside the trapl door.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
Don't worry about it.
Speaker 7 (06:45):
Speaking and congratulators, canna add one thing? Congratulations to Monica
and they got.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yes, my god, me congratulates Chryl and Kenner Williams.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Are celebrat in thirty years of married.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
So girl, could you imagine?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Can you imagine seeing the same body walk away from
the beer in thirty years?
Speaker 14 (07:06):
Golas?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
That's love for close.
Speaker 8 (07:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
But anyway, congratulations.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
I hope she laikes you happy because you didn't even
say goodbye.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
But if y'all get off the pots radio with that message,
the clause.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
To that, yarys avalon on the high you say avalon
and on the lawn just say beautiful tan y'all, Oh boy.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Y'all ready like y'all y'all giving up? And Gary with the.
Speaker 13 (07:30):
Tea did you see that post.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
People are talking.
Speaker 12 (07:38):
Here's what's trending on the Lucky Smiley Morning Show.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
In the Morning Show, it's back to school season.
Speaker 11 (07:44):
Initial public schools in Texas will require students to keep
their cell phones and other communication devices like the way
during school hours.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah, Ricky House built fourteen.
Speaker 7 (07:54):
DASH eighty one in Texas requires all school districts and
open enrollment charter schools to adopt policies for prohibiting students
from using personal communication devices while on school property during
the school day. Of the lawgift schools two options for
compliance completely banned devices from school property or require students
to store their devices during school hours.
Speaker 15 (08:16):
Now, this new law in Texas covers smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, radios,
paging devices, and other electronic communication devices. And Texas isn't
the only state. Executive orders either ban or restrict cell
phone use in schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and several others. Additionally,
(08:42):
all states like Arkansas, Arizona, California, and Ohio have laws
limiting cell phone use in classrooms.
Speaker 11 (08:49):
All right, so this morning we have Christian psychologists, doctor
tarnt Onto, you know, to talk about the pros and
cons of cell phones in the school.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Doctor.
Speaker 11 (08:58):
Good morning, have it have you, Laura hey Man.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
We are happy to have you this morning.
Speaker 11 (09:06):
I just want to ask you what is your stance
on bandoned cell phones in school?
Speaker 8 (09:11):
Psychologists couldn't be happier. Any psychologists working with teams adult
college is so happy because all of the data has
been shown what parents see and that this is not
good in any way for our kids. So psychologists are
rejoicing around the country because we're finally going to get
our kids back.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (09:34):
Uh, I was just gonna say, but what if there's
any emergency. That's that's what worries me. What if there's
an emergency in school and the kids don't have access
to their phones.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
Well, you know what you're talking like the typical parents.
You didn't have a cell phone.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
You went to.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
Thank you, thank you the school office. So what you
know what you all are responding like parents? What the
data is shown? Because because it started last year, they
started two years in some states, and what they found
was that the kids adjusted to the cell phone band
better than the parents. It took parents two to three
weeks to calm down their anxiety, but the kids were
(10:12):
actually liked it because they were able to talk with
their peers, they didn't hide behind their phones. Grades went up.
Every study show that kids check their cell phones one
hundred times a day. One hundred times a day in school.
How can you learn? And so what schools have done
is they've increased their the lines to the school. They've
adapted so that you can call the teacher in the classroom,
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you can call the school, you can call the resource
officer to be in contact with your kid. This is
now the way of the future because we've tried it
for six to seven eight years and we've seen all
of the day to go back with school with grades
going backwards. Right, this is the biggest learning gap that
we've seen in a long time. In what school's are
(10:54):
shown is an increase in academics in every area. They did,
like half the school or like a sixth grade not
have the phone, seventh grade have the phone. And then
they found that the kids that did not have access
to their phone, not only did they learn more, but
they had more friends because they didn't retreat to their phones.
And they were able to connect Japans. Calm down, you
(11:14):
go still get in contact with your kids, and you're
gonna have the kids come home with better grades and
be happier because the cell phones are not distracting them.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Yeah, and they probably you know, I'm sure the government
or whoever can install some kind of emergency situation if
there is an emergency, you know, uh, you know, for
the kids or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
You had the distractions.
Speaker 11 (11:37):
And even when they come down to the iPad and
eat electronics in the house, now that's just me.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
They don't.
Speaker 11 (11:42):
You don't every now and then every blue moon, you
can have the iPad downstairs, But most of the time
when we sit down and eat or whatever, if it's
all of us, don't we don't do electronics at the
at the breakfast table and the dinner table. Because kids
feel like they just especially mine and my grandkids, like
they just have to have it like a pacifier, or
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they're just so addicted. And trying to get them to
respond and pay attention to have a conversation without them
looking at a screen when I talk to my daughter's.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
And I'm trying to discipline them to train them.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
When I'm talking to them even if the TV is
own cartoons, to stay focused on me and listen to
what I'm saying and complete the task without your eyes
gazing back over to the screen. And like I really
been working on that, I will intentionally stand in front
of a TV or iPad and have a conversation with
them about something that I need for them to do
(12:39):
and watch and let them complete the task. They trying
to get them focused on what I need them to
do without having to look at the iPad.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
They just that addicted to it. Now, Am I wrong
for that? Not to talk?
Speaker 8 (12:50):
No, No, what you're talking about is something called fractured focus.
They did to study back in twenty seventeen and says they,
even when our cell phones are on our desk have
less working memory and attention. So just having your phone
out makes you want to look at it. And every
adult listening knows exactly what I'm talking about. We used
to be able to write for hours. How long can
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you write without looking at your cell phone?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Right?
Speaker 8 (13:13):
So it's affected our deep work. So put the cell
phone in a drawer if you want connection in families,
Have the cell phones go away. What did we think
was going to happen when we gave our kids an
addiction device kiktop, Instagram Meta. They bank on us staying
glued to our phones. Do you think that's random? They
(13:33):
know exactly what catches our attention. How many of us
have picked our phone up for no reason, just to
look at something and we didn't even know what we
were looking for. That's because it's the dopamine rush of
needing to look and click something. And here's what happens
when you take the cell phones away. Kids are actually
more relieved.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
All right.
Speaker 8 (13:53):
When they did a study from Florida to California, they
remove phones and they saw students report lower anxiety, better sleep.
And here's the kicker, more peer connection. Right because imagine,
you know, Ricky, we remember being in the cafeteria, people
talked in the lunch right, talked in the hall. Where
if you visited any middle school or high school, kids
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are on their phones, ignoring one another. And that is
going to go. So you're going to see more kids
come home happier because the hallmark to happiness for all adults,
but especially kids is relationships. And now we're going to
see our kids build relationships instead of being glued and
addicit to their phones, and even high there are a
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lot of kids who are socially anxious and hide with
their phones. Now they're going to be forced to be
able to socially interact and they're going to be happier.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We'll be happy about this, all right, y'all hit us up,
and y'all want to talk to doctor Talk.
Speaker 11 (14:46):
We want to know what y'all think about our cell
phones being banned in the schools and just the addiction
to electronics by our kids and.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Some of our some of us us as well. Rick
Smile in the Morning Show, did you see that house?
The people are talking.
Speaker 12 (15:03):
On the Ricky Smiley running shall all right, Jerry's.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Lot the Morning Show.
Speaker 11 (15:07):
You a new law and Texas will require students to
keep their cell phones and other personal communication devices locked
away during school hours. And with us today we got
Christian psychologists, the one and only doctor Tart, and are
we happy to have you this morning, Doctor Tart? How
does constant phone access effect attentions, you know, the attention
(15:29):
span of the kid, Anxiety, stress, and just overall emotional
regulation you know in young people?
Speaker 8 (15:36):
Yeah, I mean the biggest benefit it's actually kids who
have low achieving students. All right, When we take the
phones away. We found that it significantly boosted their achievement,
and the greatest impact was with low achieving students. Why
because phones take away your focus and if you can't focus,
especially like in math, social studies, science that requires sustained attention.
(15:59):
You know, it's not the fact you're not smart, it's
the fact that your memory and your attention is divided, right,
and so you can't focus for a long period of times. Now,
from a mental health standpoint, we're actually having kids come
home first couple of weeks and you'll see this. Parents
actually saying, hey, mom, I made a friend, I talked
at lunch. I don't sit by myself anymore. I have
(16:21):
less anxiety. And parents, not only should this not be
banned at school, but you should not allow your kids
to go to bed with a cell phone. Get them
an old school alarm clock to wake themselves up. Because
kids are staying on their cell phones at night because
they don't want to miss a text, they don't want
to miss a group chat. So make sure if you
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want your kids to have better sleep, less anxiety, less depression,
take the phones away. They can use them to communicate.
That's what they used for but take away to social
media so your kids can connect in real life and
they're going to be much happier.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
All right, we're going to go through the phones.
Speaker 11 (16:56):
Y'all hit us up at eight six six nine eight
six six and he washed your cell phones be banned
in schools or why not?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Good morning, Good.
Speaker 16 (17:05):
Morning, mister Riki and everybody. They should be banned because
these kids nowadays are not learning anything because they have
a phone. In my kids school there tiktoking with their teachers.
Their teachers look like she's on the streets instead of
being professional and TikTok and leave those folks at home,
put them books out, and let's mind and.
Speaker 10 (17:24):
Do some morek Hi.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
My name is Jalen and I'm from Leesburg. I don't
think cell phones should be banned from school because you
never know what's gonna happen. I grew up in the
time period where my high school we actually had an
active shooter and stuff like that, and I don't know
what I would have been able to do if I
wasn't able to teach my mom and stuff like that.
And I get that that doesn't happen everywhere, but at
(17:47):
the same time, you just you never know, fresh minstrels, fights, bullying,
you never know, so you should always.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Have your cell phone around.
Speaker 14 (17:55):
I'm probably from Cleveland and I'm actually a vice print
of all, and I do agree that, so shut me
in school. My students don't actually have they have their
phones in school, but every class period they had to
put their phone in the pockets. They can focus. They
interact so much better when they don't have to, you know,
be on their phone. And also because out the drama
social media gets sitting from one class to another, they
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don't see it right away, so kind of gives us
a chance at the lay things.
Speaker 16 (18:21):
Fame is Kelly.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
I'm calling from North Dalling and I'm kind of torn.
I mean, I get a lot of calls every month
about some sort of shooting or somebody bring the weapon
to my school. I need my kids to be able
to call me, you know. But then again, if they distracted,
then know so I'm I'm I'm either.
Speaker 11 (18:36):
Way, yeah, maybe they should.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
You don't give them flip phones, you.
Speaker 11 (18:41):
Know, like like now, I know it sounds crazy, like
an emergency flip.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Phone, burning phone.
Speaker 11 (18:47):
Like a burning phone you can call your moment, you
just flip it out just because the purpose is the
call not to get on the you know what I'm saying,
certain stuff I don't know. I don't know that, or
a phone on the wall, some with a landline or something.
Speaker 17 (19:06):
You They have these phone, these watches you can get
your kids called the fireflies or the phones, and it
can only dial your parents in case of an emergency
if you want one.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
And let's say that again.
Speaker 17 (19:16):
Uh, they have like a fireflyphone and it's like a
phone for younger kids, so where you only have like
those pre programmable numbers in it, so there's no Internet
or anything like that. But if you need to call mom, Dad,
emergency contact or even like they have a smart watch
for kids that can also call them. I don't I'm
not a fan of the smart watches because it's on
your skin. But they have like the fireflyphone, which I
(19:36):
think is you know, a nice combination of the both this.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Good stuff right here.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
If you didn't get a chance to call, hit us
up on Instagram at rickuld smile them on the show
dot com and let us know what you think doctor
to let everybody know how you can be reached.
Speaker 8 (19:50):
Yeah, and simply go to doctor Tart dot com as
d r t A r t T dot com or
follow me on Instagram at doctor Tart at d r
T a R I'll post a video in a couple
of minutes telling you about the benefits of banning cell
phones and social media in schools, according to the research
You have given your children all of the fruit without
any of the labor.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Crisie in food May in this book.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
No Free Ride say we've given our children everything they
wanted and forgot to give them what they needed.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Come on, y'all, ain't saying nothing to me.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
You have got to stop raising children who operate with
white privilege with no black consciousness. So you are raising
the soft, suburban entitled kids who got flat screen televisions
in their bedroom. But the Nigros can't conjregate birds. They
(00:43):
got a thousand dollars cell phones and don't know how
to reduce fractions. They got expensive tennis shoes, and you
don't even make the little nigro go out for the team.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Stop making your children soft, because it's.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
An evil world out for.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Hoches Man.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yes, Gary, you want to help you to the tea.
It's Gary gar.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
In the color the other day.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Gary, good morning, Good morning, Ricky, Good morning America. Good
morning in the US Tuesday. A beautiful, beautiful they in
the neighborhood. And here's what's happening in celebrity news, y'all.
Everybody's excited about this, and they're congratulating Ricky de von
Franklin and celebrity trainer Miss Maria Costello is being reported
(01:34):
y'all that they tied the knight recently in a deeply
spiritual ceremony at Castel Lago in Beverly Hills. He said, quote,
we wanted to create an event that evokes the beginning
of our love story.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
This is what Franklin told People Magazine.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Costello added, every detail is intentional, from the music here,
to the decor, to the vowels, to the spiritual moment.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
The lakeside ceremony led by passing. They say.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Costello wore a Gagelia lahab down with a touch of
drama and a Spanish flat when mister Franklin wore a
dark Georgia Armani suit.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
And Christian Lubertin shoes.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Now Kelly Rowland LaToya, look at Adrian bellon Harden. They
were all in attendance and major y'all surprised to guess
with the performance of Why I Love You?
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Isn't that good for y'all? They said.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
The guests enjoyed Dominican and soul food, including mulcus jambalaya
and banana pudding shots. The night ended with a Dominican
Horo Luca, filled with dancers, stilt walkers, and flashing lights.
We want the wedding to be a testimony of God's
goodness and congratulations.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
In the background, she find too. She's a beautiful but fine,
but I hate he got him some fine.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Yeah, she's a beautiful because Megan was a beautiful woman.
A lot of people are saying, honey, why will it toll?
You're lucky them all go to that way when they
are friends to Megan.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Good but that him as well.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, but they might have been.
Speaker 7 (03:24):
Friends with him before they was friends with Megan. They
supposed to just stop being friends with him.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Well, Brad, you got to pick one.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't get.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
I feel so sorry for Megan and Meghan.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And she's so happy.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
Megan is so happy.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
But look with the bonne and married a beautiful woman.
She's a fitness, beautiful man. But he ain't got no job.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Don't do that.
Speaker 9 (03:46):
Yes he do.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
Nobody put him in that movie.
Speaker 9 (03:48):
Yes you do.
Speaker 10 (03:49):
He in the movie.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
He got a movie out right now that was an
old one. No it's not old.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
But anyway, let's continue to pray for both parties. Y'all.
They both got mad.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
And they both are happy.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Let's just ended it.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I'm just still friends.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Well, they ain't took no pictures together yet, and Megan
didn't go to the way. And honey, if I'm friends
with my ex, but I'm coming to the way in
to the congratulations.
Speaker 11 (04:07):
Like so just saying that you ain't doing that with
your shallows Stelf, You're coming, Tona, come there.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
What you're gonna stand when you bust through them doors?
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Gary, Congratulations.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I thought it would have.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Been me, honey standing here with you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Regulation you always be the one that.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
See friends.
Speaker 11 (04:45):
Just what we were talking about on the phone yesterday.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
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say goodbye.
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Tea did you see that post.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
People are talking.
Speaker 12 (07:38):
Here's what's trending on the Lucky Smiley Morning Show.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
In the Morning Show, it's back to school season.
Speaker 11 (07:44):
Initial public schools in Texas will require students to keep
their cell phones and other communication devices like the way
during school hours.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Yeah, Ricky House built fourteen.
Speaker 7 (07:54):
DASH eighty one in Texas requires all school districts and
open enrollment charter schools to adopt policies for prohibiting students
from using personal communication devices while on school property during
the school day. Of the lawgift schools two options for
compliance completely banned devices from school property or require students
to store their devices during school hours.
Speaker 15 (08:16):
Now, this new law in Texas covers smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, radios,
paging devices, and other electronic communication devices. And Texas isn't
the only state. Executive orders either ban or restrict cell
phone use in schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and several others. Additionally,
(08:42):
all states like Arkansas, Arizona, California, and Ohio have laws
limiting cell phone use in classrooms.
Speaker 11 (08:49):
All right, so this morning we have Christian psychologists, doctor
tarnt Onto, you know, to talk about the pros and
cons of cell phones in the school.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Doctor.
Speaker 11 (08:58):
Good morning, have it have you, Laura hey Man.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
We are happy to have you this morning.
Speaker 11 (09:06):
I just want to ask you what is your stance
on bandoned cell phones in school?
Speaker 8 (09:11):
Psychologists couldn't be happier. Any psychologists working with teams adult
college is so happy because all of the data has
been shown what parents see and that this is not
good in any way for our kids. So psychologists are
rejoicing around the country because we're finally going to get
our kids back.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 15 (09:34):
Uh, I was just gonna say, but what if there's
any emergency. That's that's what worries me. What if there's
an emergency in school and the kids don't have access
to their phones.
Speaker 8 (09:44):
Well, you know what you're talking like the typical parents.
You didn't have a cell phone.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
You went to.
Speaker 8 (09:52):
Thank you, thank you the school office. So what you
know what you all are responding like parents? What the
data is shown? Because because it started last year, they
started two years in some states, and what they found
was that the kids adjusted to the cell phone band
better than the parents. It took parents two to three
weeks to calm down their anxiety, but the kids were
(10:12):
actually liked it because they were able to talk with
their peers, they didn't hide behind their phones. Grades went up.
Every study show that kids check their cell phones one
hundred times a day. One hundred times a day in school.
How can you learn? And so what schools have done
is they've increased their the lines to the school. They've
adapted so that you can call the teacher in the classroom,
(10:33):
you can call the school, you can call the resource
officer to be in contact with your kid. This is
now the way of the future because we've tried it
for six to seven eight years and we've seen all
of the day to go back with school with grades
going backwards. Right, this is the biggest learning gap that
we've seen in a long time. In what school's are
(10:54):
shown is an increase in academics in every area. They did,
like half the school or like a sixth grade not
have the phone, seventh grade have the phone. And then
they found that the kids that did not have access
to their phone, not only did they learn more, but
they had more friends because they didn't retreat to their phones.
And they were able to connect Japans. Calm down, you
(11:14):
go still get in contact with your kids, and you're
gonna have the kids come home with better grades and
be happier because the cell phones are not distracting them.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Yeah, and they probably you know, I'm sure the government
or whoever can install some kind of emergency situation if
there is an emergency, you know, uh, you know, for
the kids or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
You had the distractions.
Speaker 11 (11:37):
And even when they come down to the iPad and
eat electronics in the house, now that's just me.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
They don't.
Speaker 11 (11:42):
You don't every now and then every blue moon, you
can have the iPad downstairs, But most of the time
when we sit down and eat or whatever, if it's
all of us, don't we don't do electronics at the
at the breakfast table and the dinner table. Because kids
feel like they just especially mine and my grandkids, like
they just have to have it like a pacifier, or
(12:05):
they're just so addicted. And trying to get them to
respond and pay attention to have a conversation without them
looking at a screen when I talk to my daughter's.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
And I'm trying to discipline them to train them.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
When I'm talking to them even if the TV is
own cartoons, to stay focused on me and listen to
what I'm saying and complete the task without your eyes
gazing back over to the screen. And like I really
been working on that, I will intentionally stand in front
of a TV or iPad and have a conversation with
them about something that I need for them to do
(12:39):
and watch and let them complete the task. They trying
to get them focused on what I need them to
do without having to look at the iPad.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
They just that addicted to it. Now, Am I wrong
for that? Not to talk?
Speaker 8 (12:50):
No, No, what you're talking about is something called fractured focus.
They did to study back in twenty seventeen and says they,
even when our cell phones are on our desk have
less working memory and attention. So just having your phone
out makes you want to look at it. And every
adult listening knows exactly what I'm talking about. We used
to be able to write for hours. How long can
(13:11):
you write without looking at your cell phone?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Right?
Speaker 8 (13:13):
So it's affected our deep work. So put the cell
phone in a drawer if you want connection in families,
Have the cell phones go away. What did we think
was going to happen when we gave our kids an
addiction device kiktop, Instagram Meta. They bank on us staying
glued to our phones. Do you think that's random? They
(13:33):
know exactly what catches our attention. How many of us
have picked our phone up for no reason, just to
look at something and we didn't even know what we
were looking for. That's because it's the dopamine rush of
needing to look and click something. And here's what happens
when you take the cell phones away. Kids are actually
more relieved.
Speaker 9 (13:53):
All right.
Speaker 8 (13:53):
When they did a study from Florida to California, they
remove phones and they saw students report lower anxiety, better sleep.
And here's the kicker, more peer connection. Right because imagine,
you know, Ricky, we remember being in the cafeteria, people
talked in the lunch right, talked in the hall. Where
if you visited any middle school or high school, kids
(14:15):
are on their phones, ignoring one another. And that is
going to go. So you're going to see more kids
come home happier because the hallmark to happiness for all adults,
but especially kids is relationships. And now we're going to
see our kids build relationships instead of being glued and
addicit to their phones, and even high there are a
(14:35):
lot of kids who are socially anxious and hide with
their phones. Now they're going to be forced to be
able to socially interact and they're going to be happier.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
We'll be happy about this, all right, y'all hit us up,
and y'all want to talk to doctor Talk.
Speaker 11 (14:46):
We want to know what y'all think about our cell
phones being banned in the schools and just the addiction
to electronics by our kids and.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Some of our some of us us as well. Rick
Smile in the Morning Show, did you see that house?
The people are talking.
Speaker 12 (15:03):
On the Ricky Smiley running shall all right, Jerry's.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Lot the Morning Show.
Speaker 11 (15:07):
You a new law and Texas will require students to
keep their cell phones and other personal communication devices locked
away during school hours. And with us today we got
Christian psychologists, the one and only doctor Tart, and are
we happy to have you this morning, Doctor Tart? How
does constant phone access effect attentions, you know, the attention
(15:29):
span of the kid, Anxiety, stress, and just overall emotional
regulation you know in young people?
Speaker 8 (15:36):
Yeah, I mean the biggest benefit it's actually kids who
have low achieving students. All right, When we take the
phones away. We found that it significantly boosted their achievement,
and the greatest impact was with low achieving students. Why
because phones take away your focus and if you can't focus,
especially like in math, social studies, science that requires sustained attention.
(15:59):
You know, it's not the fact you're not smart, it's
the fact that your memory and your attention is divided, right,
and so you can't focus for a long period of times. Now,
from a mental health standpoint, we're actually having kids come
home first couple of weeks and you'll see this. Parents
actually saying, hey, mom, I made a friend, I talked
at lunch. I don't sit by myself anymore. I have
(16:21):
less anxiety. And parents, not only should this not be
banned at school, but you should not allow your kids
to go to bed with a cell phone. Get them
an old school alarm clock to wake themselves up. Because
kids are staying on their cell phones at night because
they don't want to miss a text, they don't want
to miss a group chat. So make sure if you
(16:41):
want your kids to have better sleep, less anxiety, less depression,
take the phones away. They can use them to communicate.
That's what they used for but take away to social
media so your kids can connect in real life and
they're going to be much happier.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
All right, we're going to go through the phones.
Speaker 11 (16:56):
Y'all hit us up at eight six six nine eight
six six and he washed your cell phones be banned
in schools or why not?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Good morning, Good.
Speaker 16 (17:05):
Morning, mister Riki and everybody. They should be banned because
these kids nowadays are not learning anything because they have
a phone. In my kids school there tiktoking with their teachers.
Their teachers look like she's on the streets instead of
being professional and TikTok and leave those folks at home,
put them books out, and let's mind and.
Speaker 10 (17:24):
Do some morek Hi.
Speaker 9 (17:26):
My name is Jalen and I'm from Leesburg. I don't
think cell phones should be banned from school because you
never know what's gonna happen. I grew up in the
time period where my high school we actually had an
active shooter and stuff like that, and I don't know
what I would have been able to do if I
wasn't able to teach my mom and stuff like that.
And I get that that doesn't happen everywhere, but at
(17:47):
the same time, you just you never know, fresh minstrels, fights, bullying,
you never know, so you should always.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Have your cell phone around.
Speaker 14 (17:55):
I'm probably from Cleveland and I'm actually a vice print
of all, and I do agree that, so shut me
in school. My students don't actually have they have their
phones in school, but every class period they had to
put their phone in the pockets. They can focus. They
interact so much better when they don't have to, you know,
be on their phone. And also because out the drama
social media gets sitting from one class to another, they
(18:18):
don't see it right away, so kind of gives us
a chance at the lay things.
Speaker 16 (18:21):
Fame is Kelly.
Speaker 10 (18:22):
I'm calling from North Dalling and I'm kind of torn.
I mean, I get a lot of calls every month
about some sort of shooting or somebody bring the weapon
to my school. I need my kids to be able
to call me, you know. But then again, if they distracted,
then know so I'm I'm I'm either.
Speaker 11 (18:36):
Way, yeah, maybe they should.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
You don't give them flip phones, you.
Speaker 11 (18:41):
Know, like like now, I know it sounds crazy, like
an emergency flip.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Phone, burning phone.
Speaker 11 (18:47):
Like a burning phone you can call your moment, you
just flip it out just because the purpose is the
call not to get on the you know what I'm saying,
certain stuff I don't know. I don't know that, or
a phone on the wall, some with a landline or something.
Speaker 17 (19:06):
You They have these phone, these watches you can get
your kids called the fireflies or the phones, and it
can only dial your parents in case of an emergency
if you want one.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
And let's say that again.
Speaker 17 (19:16):
Uh, they have like a fireflyphone and it's like a
phone for younger kids, so where you only have like
those pre programmable numbers in it, so there's no Internet
or anything like that. But if you need to call mom, Dad,
emergency contact or even like they have a smart watch
for kids that can also call them. I don't I'm
not a fan of the smart watches because it's on
your skin. But they have like the fireflyphone, which I
(19:36):
think is you know, a nice combination of the both this.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Good stuff right here.
Speaker 11 (19:41):
If you didn't get a chance to call, hit us
up on Instagram at rickuld smile them on the show
dot com and let us know what you think doctor
to let everybody know how you can be reached.
Speaker 8 (19:50):
Yeah, and simply go to doctor Tart dot com as
d r t A r t T dot com or
follow me on Instagram at doctor Tart at d r
T a R I'll post a video in a couple
of minutes telling you about the benefits of banning cell
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