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Should kids have a tattle phone?

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Remember when every playground had a kid whose unofficial job was "school snitch?" Well, now there's a high-tech version of that: tattle phones, which are phones or systems designed to make it easier for kids to report what's going on in the classroom. Is this giving children a voice, or are we creating a generation of professional tattletales? Let’s talk about where the line is between speaking up and snitching.
3 Sep 1PM English Canada News Commentary

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