{"id":291145,"date":"2024-07-12T06:53:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T06:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291145"},"modified":"2024-07-13T05:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T05:52:10","slug":"alarming-mental-health-crisis-virginia-gop-governor-calls-for-phone-free-schools-in-executive-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291145","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alarming Mental Health Crisis\u2019: Virginia GOP Governor Calls For Phone-Free Schools In Executive Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mairead Elordi \u2013 Daily Wire July 10, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s Republican governor called for \u201cphone-free\u201d schools in an executive order on Tuesday, citing the mental health and learning crisis among school-age children.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/media\/governorvirginiagov\/governor-of-virginia\/pdf\/eo\/EO-33---Cell-Phones-7.9.24.pdf\">order<\/a> directs the education department to issue guidance on establishing \u201ccell phone-free education policies and procedures\u201d for public schools.<\/p>\n<p>The order cites the \u201calarming mental health crisis\u201d among teenagers that is \u201cdriven in part by extensive social media usage and widespread cell phone possession among children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teens\u2019 risk of mental health issues like depression and anxiety doubles if they spend more than three hours a day on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/surgeongeneral\/priorities\/youth-mental-health\/social-media\/index.html#:~:text=Children%20and%20adolescents%20who%20spend,symptoms%20of%20depression%20and%20anxiety.&amp;text=This%20is%20concerning%20as%20a,a%20day%20on%20so \">according<\/a> to one study, and the average teen spends nearly five hours scrolling, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/512576\/teens-spend-average-hours-social-media-per-day.aspx#:~:text=This%20use%20amounts%20to%204.8,for%2017%2Dyear%2Dolds.\">according<\/a> to Gallup.<\/p>\n<p>The public school plan also aims to \u201csignificantly reduce the amount of time students can be on phones without parental supervision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis essential action will promote a healthier and more focused educational environment where every child is free to learn. Creating cellphone and social media-free educational environments in Virginia\u2019s K-12 education system will benefit students, parents, and educators,\u201d Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2024\/july\/name-1030522-en.html\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Education Secretary Aimee Guidera said that while government is not the only solution, limiting screen time at school is a must.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data is clear, and it is time for Virginians to come together to address the damage of social media and screens to healthy childhoods,\u201d Guidera said. \u201cGovernment cannot be the sole solution to this crisis; school communities \u2013 especially parents and teachers \u2013 must work together to discuss and develop common sense approaches to limit screen time, prioritize open channels of communication, and re-establish norms that reinforce healthy and vibrant learning communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alarming-mental-health-crisis-virginia-gop-governor-calls-for-phone-free-schools-in-executive-order\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s call comes in response to a dramatic decline in academic achievement across the country <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291168,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291145\/revisions\/291168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}