A head teacher is asking parents to put their phones away when collecting their children from his East Sussex school.
He said pupils often leave the classroom "excited or relieved to see whoever is picking them up only to find their adult scrolling their phone, typing a message or on a phone call. It's sad to see". And 14% said their parents were online at meal times, although 95% of 3,000 parents, polled separately, denied it.He said he had noticed more parents consciously put their phones away when they arrived at the school.
Mr Best said the standard of children's vocabulary when they start school had diminished in recent years.
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