Posted on Thursday 10th Oct 2019
A school has told parents to stop using their mobile phones in the playground so they speak to their children at pick-up time.
Wendy Cathie, head of St Peter’s CE Primary School in Leigh, near Wigan, has made the playground a mobile-free zone to encourage parents to listen to their child at the end of the day.
A social media post from the school said: “How many of you are so engrossed in a conversation with your friend or on the phone, that you forget to say to your child ‘Hi how was your day?’ smile warmly at them or give them a hug?”
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