How to Help Kids Fight Phone Addiction

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read a full-length article offering advice for parents on helping their kids reduce smartphone use. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions as well as vocabulary and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
smartphones
addiction
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

willpower
reset
exploitation
extracurriculars
tame
mature
reinvent the wheel
sacred
consequence
role model
communal
keep tabs
A spinning paper plane