August 13, 2026 • 5 mins
We got a question in for our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson…
Dear Mamas, do you think we should expand cell phone bans for kids outside of school?
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Dear Mamas, do you think we should expand cell phone bans for kids outside of school?
If you'd like to ask our American Mamas a question, go to our website, AmericanGroundRadio.com/mamas and click on the Ask the Mamas button.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's gip to a question for American mama's. Dear mamas,
do you think we should expand cell phone bands for
kids outside of school?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Well, let's ask our American mamas.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Mama, mama, she said, and joining us now our American mama,
Terry Netderville.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
So one of the things we have seen in recent
years across the country, more and more schools are saying, hey, kids,
you got to check your cell phone out the door.
You can't have it out of class. And we've seen
teachers say, well, you know, all of a sudden, I've
got kids paying attention again. But there was also this
video going around of a little league baseball team where
they're having the best season they've ever had, and it's
because they institute a rule. Not only the kids not
(00:47):
allowed to bring the cell phones to the game, the
kids are not allowed to be on their cell phones
for five hours ahead of the game. What do you
think about that?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, my first thought was, wow, it must be a
tournament to be able to get it five hours before time.
But I love this. I love this, And I wanted
to read a few more segments of sentences from that
tweet because it said so much. It wasn't just that
they went on this incredible run and they won the
(01:16):
first state title ever ever, but the assistant coach was
saying that the kids started talking to each other again,
they locked in, they focused like their lives depended on it,
and they went on the greatest run in the program's
entire existence. It was their first New York state championship ever.
Coach also said, when the apps disappear, the real kids
(01:38):
show up. The players. They love it. Structure works, discipline works,
focus works. Phones don't. And it really did take me
back to this summer that my summer went to camp
and the rule was to take away you couldn't have
phones at camp, you know, so they tell the parents, look,
don't expect you know, if you need them, here's this number.
(01:59):
She loved it. She loved not having the phone. Wow,
because nobody had phones. You know, since nobody had phones,
you really had to concentrate on each other, which you
were doing. The American Pediatrics Association has said that for
the first eighteen months, it is so good and healthy
for a baby not to be exposed to, you know,
(02:22):
have a screen time. And I saw that firsthand with
rich my grandson. For the two years that I got
to keep him when Tristan, my daughter in law, was
working and still was in school. That was their rule,
no screen time. And I'm one that loves the TV on,
even in the background. So I was like, Okay, let
me see what I could. We explored outside, we were
singing songs, we were playing, we were talking, and I
(02:45):
could see. Now, now he's two, a little over two,
I see such a difference in him and other two
year olds. And I'm not saying it's because no screen time,
but I think being exposed to everything. Like we would
go in the woods in our backyard and I would
constantly talk, you know, you know, look at the sticks,
Oh this is dirt. We see the ant heels, and
so I thought, we need to really get back to that. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
When I was coaching soccer, we had a phrase, the
games are the teacher that when you're out and you're
doing things that's actually learning, yes, exploring that you're exploring,
you're finding new things that when you want to introduce
a new concept, if you can find a game that
makes that happen, and it's not a screen, it's like
a physical, full body what can you do where it's
(03:31):
it's not just one thing, but it's a totally immersive thing.
And what's more immersive than the real world exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Well, I know that everybody has seen those reels back
in the eighties and the nineties, and it's these teenagers
are walking through the hallway and they're just showing what
life was like back in the eighties.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
You see people talking to each other. Oh yeah, you
see parties where they're laughing with each other and they're
communicating and socializing.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I have great memories of the hijinks in between classes,
in the hallways in high school, in.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
The notes and all of that, and I think that
that's lacking, and they they there are studies that have
shown that this generation is struggling in the business world.
Those who were brought up with the phone, they're struggling
in the business world because they're so not used to
face to face interaction that they're intimidated by it. It's
a very intimidating thing. It was intimidating even when you
(04:22):
didn't have phones. When you had to the boys had
to call the girl's house and talk to the father
or the mother before they could talk to the girl.
These are things you learn. This is Stephen, I'm sure,
but you know, in Florida they took away phones from
the elementary and middle school children. They have seen not
(04:43):
only a market difference in UH study habits, in grades,
but they said that there's been an improvement in UH
the way that they interact with each other. And there's
less fights. Yeah there, I mean, they just seem.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
To be you have fewer distractions, fewer fights. Louisiana's seen
the same thing. Louisiana outlawed phones in classes in schools
a couple of years ago. And again, if you look
at what's gone on in education Louisiana, people like, why
are you paying Louisiana Since the pandemic. No state has
done better at improving student outcomes than the state of Louisiana.
(05:17):
The only state that's actually got better test scores now
than before the pandemic in both reading and in math.
State of Louisiana. They took away the phones.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I wonder if that's why.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
It's part of it.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's part of it, so proud. Yeah, it'll be interesting
to see because I know that we're all addicted to
the phones.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So, and in fact, in that one little piece they
they I can't remember what Ivy League school it was.
But they wanted the professor. Yeah, they wanted to take
away the phones and the students. No, they said, we'll protest.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
If you like to ask our American mama's a question,
use your phone, Go to our website America Ready dot
com sas mamas a click on the ask of the
Mama's button. Terry Needi will thank you so much.
Let's gip to a question for American mama's. Dear mamas,
do you think we should expand cell phone bands for
kids outside of school?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Well, let's ask our American mamas.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Mama, mama, she said, and joining us now our American mama,
Terry Netderville.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
So one of the things we have seen in recent
years across the country, more and more schools are saying, hey, kids,
you got to check your cell phone out the door.
You can't have it out of class. And we've seen
teachers say, well, you know, all of a sudden, I've
got kids paying attention again. But there was also this
video going around of a little league baseball team where
they're having the best season they've ever had, and it's
because they institute a rule. Not only the kids not
(00:47):
allowed to bring the cell phones to the game, the
kids are not allowed to be on their cell phones
for five hours ahead of the game. What do you
think about that?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, my first thought was, wow, it must be a
tournament to be able to get it five hours before time.
But I love this. I love this, And I wanted
to read a few more segments of sentences from that
tweet because it said so much. It wasn't just that
they went on this incredible run and they won the
(01:16):
first state title ever ever, but the assistant coach was
saying that the kids started talking to each other again,
they locked in, they focused like their lives depended on it,
and they went on the greatest run in the program's
entire existence. It was their first New York state championship ever.
Coach also said, when the apps disappear, the real kids
(01:38):
show up. The players. They love it. Structure works, discipline works,
focus works. Phones don't. And it really did take me
back to this summer that my summer went to camp
and the rule was to take away you couldn't have
phones at camp, you know, so they tell the parents, look,
don't expect you know, if you need them, here's this number.
(01:59):
She loved it. She loved not having the phone. Wow,
because nobody had phones. You know, since nobody had phones,
you really had to concentrate on each other, which you
were doing. The American Pediatrics Association has said that for
the first eighteen months, it is so good and healthy
for a baby not to be exposed to, you know,
(02:22):
have a screen time. And I saw that firsthand with
rich my grandson. For the two years that I got
to keep him when Tristan, my daughter in law, was
working and still was in school. That was their rule,
no screen time. And I'm one that loves the TV on,
even in the background. So I was like, Okay, let
me see what I could. We explored outside, we were
singing songs, we were playing, we were talking, and I
(02:45):
could see. Now, now he's two, a little over two,
I see such a difference in him and other two
year olds. And I'm not saying it's because no screen time,
but I think being exposed to everything. Like we would
go in the woods in our backyard and I would
constantly talk, you know, you know, look at the sticks,
Oh this is dirt. We see the ant heels, and
so I thought, we need to really get back to that. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
When I was coaching soccer, we had a phrase, the
games are the teacher that when you're out and you're
doing things that's actually learning, yes, exploring that you're exploring,
you're finding new things that when you want to introduce
a new concept, if you can find a game that
makes that happen, and it's not a screen, it's like
a physical, full body what can you do where it's
(03:31):
it's not just one thing, but it's a totally immersive thing.
And what's more immersive than the real world exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Well, I know that everybody has seen those reels back
in the eighties and the nineties, and it's these teenagers
are walking through the hallway and they're just showing what
life was like back in the eighties.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
You see people talking to each other. Oh yeah, you
see parties where they're laughing with each other and they're
communicating and socializing.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I have great memories of the hijinks in between classes,
in the hallways in high school, in.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
The notes and all of that, and I think that
that's lacking, and they they there are studies that have
shown that this generation is struggling in the business world.
Those who were brought up with the phone, they're struggling
in the business world because they're so not used to
face to face interaction that they're intimidated by it. It's
a very intimidating thing. It was intimidating even when you
(04:22):
didn't have phones. When you had to the boys had
to call the girl's house and talk to the father
or the mother before they could talk to the girl.
These are things you learn. This is Stephen, I'm sure,
but you know, in Florida they took away phones from
the elementary and middle school children. They have seen not
(04:43):
only a market difference in UH study habits, in grades,
but they said that there's been an improvement in UH
the way that they interact with each other. And there's
less fights. Yeah there, I mean, they just seem.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
To be you have fewer distractions, fewer fights. Louisiana's seen
the same thing. Louisiana outlawed phones in classes in schools
a couple of years ago. And again, if you look
at what's gone on in education Louisiana, people like, why
are you paying Louisiana Since the pandemic. No state has
done better at improving student outcomes than the state of Louisiana.
(05:17):
The only state that's actually got better test scores now
than before the pandemic in both reading and in math.
State of Louisiana. They took away the phones.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I wonder if that's why.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
It's part of it.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's part of it, so proud. Yeah, it'll be interesting
to see because I know that we're all addicted to
the phones.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So, and in fact, in that one little piece they
they I can't remember what Ivy League school it was.
But they wanted the professor. Yeah, they wanted to take
away the phones and the students. No, they said, we'll protest.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
If you like to ask our American mama's a question,
use your phone, Go to our website America Ready dot
com sas mamas a click on the ask of the
Mama's button. Terry Needi will thank you so much.
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