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Québec’s school cellphone ban won’t solve the challenges of family tech use

By Alex Baudet, Assistant professor in Marketing, Université Laval
Marie-Agnes Parmentier, Professor of Marketing, HEC Montréal

This back-to-school season, students across Québec are adjusting to a significant policy change: cellphones are now fully banned in elementary and secondary schools. This conversation, though contentious, is not new, nor is it unique to Québec.

With stories ranging from teenage suicide after conversations with ChatGPT to allegations…

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