Sarah Gonzalez / StateImpact Florida

Katerina Sanchez, 14, uses her phone when her classmates move from their desks to work on the classroom computers.

Many schools prohibit students from using cell phones during school hours.

But students can’t always resist the urge.

Middle school student Teresa Fernandez says she leaves class and goes to the bathroom when she wants to text.

“I think everyone does that because every time I go in there people are playing [games] and texting,” Fernandez says.

Instead of fighting students, adults should give in, says Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, Doninguez Hills.

Rosen is author of “iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us.”

He suggests a radical idea: teachers should let students use their phones for one minute – every 15 minutes.

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